Beyond food production: Ecosystem services provided by home gardens. A case study in Vall Fosca, Catalan Pyrenees, Northeastern Spain

Ecological Economics

Volumn 74, Issue , 2012, Pages 153-160

  Calvet Mir, Laura ^a   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^a,b   Reyes García, Victoria ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Europe; Kitchen gardens; Socio cultural valuation; Spain

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD PRODUCTION; HABITAT TYPE; HOME GARDEN; LITERATURE REVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; VALUATION;

PYRENEES;

EID: 84856407636     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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