The contribution of ecosystem services to place utility as a determinant of migration decision-making

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Adams, Helen ^a   Neil Adger, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ecosystem services; environmental change; environmental migration; migration decision making; place attachment; place utility

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION DECISION-MAKING; PLACE ATTACHMENT; PLACE UTILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MOBILITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; UPLAND REGION;

PERU;

EID: 84876191445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/015006     Document Type: Article

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