Wetlands as settings for human health: Incorporating ecosystem services and health impact assessment into water resource management

BioScience

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 678-688

  Horwitz, Pierre ^a   Finlayson, C Max ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ecosystem services; health impact assessment; Healthy settings; trade offs; wetland management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052733331     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.9.6     Document Type: Article

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