Benefits and limitations of the ecosystem services concept in environmental policy and decision making: Some stakeholder perspectives

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-21

  Hauck, Jennifer ^a   Görg, Christoph ^a   Varjopuro, Riku ^b   Ratamäki, Outi ^b   Jax, Kurt ^a,c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Environmental policy; Participation; Stakeholder preferences; Trade offs and synergies; Valuation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FORESTRY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84868469692     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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