Shared wealth or nobody's land? The worth of natural capital and ecosystem services

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 778-787

  Ulgiati, Sergio ^a   Zucaro, Amalia ^a   Franzese, Pier Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Commons; Ecosystem services; Emergy; Environmental policy; Natural capital

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATURAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 79451473075     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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