Assessing the effect of alternative land uses in the provision of water resources: Evidence and policy implications from southern Europe

Land Use Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 761-770

  Garmendia, Eneko ^a,b   Mariel, Petr ^a   Tamayo, Ibon ^c   Aizpuru, Iñaki ^c   Zabaleta, Ane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^c Centro de Biodiversidad de Euskadi Madariaga Dorretxea   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Ecosystem goods and services; Land use changes; Payments for ecosystem services; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC GOODS; SERVICE PROVISION; WATER RESOURCE;

BASQUE COUNTRY; SPAIN;

EID: 84857795657     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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