Ecosystem services: The economics debate

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-49

  Farley, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological economic efficiency; Justice; Monetary valuation; Pareto efficiency; Sustainability; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868271008     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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