Multi-scale and cross-scale assessments of social-ecological systems and their ecosystem services

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-25

  Scholes, R J ^a   Reyers, B ^a,b   Biggs, R ^b   Spierenburg, M J ^c   Duriappah, A ^d  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875509038     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.01.004     Document Type: Review

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