Complexity of urban ecosystem services in the context of global change

Ekologia Bratislava

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-35

  Bezák, Peter ^a,b   Lyytimäki, Jari ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Global change; Urban biodiversity; Urban green structure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENSPACE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LAND USE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79955615628     PISSN: 1335342X     EISSN: 1337947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/ekol_2011_01_22     Document Type: Article

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