Social preferences regarding the delivery of ecosystem services in a semiarid Mediterranean region

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1201-1208

  Castro, A J ^a   Martin Lopez B ^b   Garcia LLorente M ^b   Aguilera, P A ^a   Lopez E ^a   Cabello, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beneficiaries; Conflicts; Contingent valuation; Perception; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AIR QUALITY; BIODIVERSITY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; WATER QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 79960982730     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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