Potentials of quantitative and qualitative approaches to assessing ecosystem services

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 21, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-103

  Busch, Malte ^a   La Notte, Alessandra ^b   Laporte, Valérie ^c   Erhard, Markus ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Forest and coastal ecosystem services; Methodology integration; Offshore wind farming; Qualitative assessment; Quantitative valuation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GERMANY; OFFSHORE WINDS; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RELATIVE STRENGTH;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALUATION; WIND FARM;

GERMANY; ITALY;

EID: 84860309507     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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