Ecosystem valuation: Some principles and a partial application

Environmetrics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 675-685

  Morse Jones, Sian ^a   Luisetti, Tiziana ^a   Turner, R Kerry ^a   Fisher, Brendan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic valuation; Ecosystem services; Ecosystem valuation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; SERVICE PROVISION; VALUATION;

EID: 79959928002     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.1073     Document Type: Article

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