Do attitudes toward ecosystem services determine agricultural land use practices? An analysis of farmers' decision-making in a South Korean watershed

Land Use Policy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 422-429

  Poppenborg, Patrick ^a   Koellner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Land use decision making; Latent class analysis; Organic farming; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FARMERS ATTITUDE; LAND USE PLANNING; ORGANIC FARMING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SOUTH KOREA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84871921579     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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