Facilitating implementation of landscape-scale water management: The integrated constructed wetland concept

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-37

  Everard, Mark ^a   Harrington, Rory ^b   McInnes, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Waterford County Council   (Ireland)

^c RM Wetlands and Environment Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Integrated constructed wetlands (ICWs); Multiple benefits; Regulation; Systemic solutions; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870543581     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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