Using ecosystem services to inform decisions on U.S. air quality standards

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6481-6488

  Rea, Anne W ^a   Davis, Christine ^a   Evans, David A ^a   Heninger, Brian T ^a   Van Houtven, George ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ECONOMIC VALUATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; HOLISTIC MANNER; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; NATURAL SYSTEMS; POLICY ANALYSIS; PUBLIC WELFARE; SOCIAL ELEMENTS; SYSTEMATIC INTEGRATION;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; DECISION MAKING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AIR QUALITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION POLICY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VALUATION; WELFARE REFORM;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

AIR; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862510613     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3003876     Document Type: Review

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