Measurement and alienation: Making a world of ecosystem services

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 386-401

  Robertson, Morgan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon trading; Commodification; Ecosystem services; Nature; Political ecology; Value

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; NATURE CONSERVATION;

EID: 84862324478     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2011.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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