Applying the ecosystem services concept to poverty alleviation: The need to disaggregate human well-being

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 370-379

  Daw, Tim ^a,b   Brown, Katrina ^a   Rosendo, Sergio ^a,c   Pomeroy, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit distribution; Coastal tourism; Ecosystem services valuation; Equity weighting; ESPA; Fisheries; Millennium Ecosystem Assessment; Payments for ecosystem services; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT DISTRIBUTION; COASTAL TOURISM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES VALUATION; EQUITY WEIGHTING; ESPA; MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT; PAYMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; TRADE-OFFS;

CONSERVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COASTAL ZONE; COMPENSATION SYSTEM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; EQUITY; ETHNICITY; FISHERY PRODUCTION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 80755189494     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892911000506     Document Type: Article

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