Economic governance to expand commercial wetlands: Within-and cross-scale challenges

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  de Blaeij, Arianne T ^a   Polman, Nico ^a   Reinhard, Stijn ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commercial ecosystem; Economic governance; Economic value; Ecosystem management; Ecosystem services; Multifunctional land use; PES systems; Scaling; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENTREPRENEUR; LAND USE; WETLAND;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79954494202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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