The rise and rise of ecosystem services: Is "value" the best bridging concept between society and the natural world?

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 88-95

  Cornell, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Environmental economics; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MONETARY VALUATIONS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84857421089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.05.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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