Culture, Intangibles and metrics in environmental management

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-114

  Satterfield, Terre ^a   Gregory, Robin ^b   Klain, Sarah ^a   Roberts, Mere ^c   Chan, Kai M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Consultation; Culture; Ecosystem services; Environmental values; Structured decision making

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOPHYSICS; CULTURAL TRADITION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOPHYSICS; CANADA; COLOMBIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHNOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METRIC SYSTEM; NEW ZEALAND; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84872811085     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.11.033     Document Type: Article

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