A human well-being approach for assessing the value of natural land areas

Ecological Economics

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-33

  Kopmann, Angela ^a   Rehdanz, Katrin ^a,b  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Environmental valuation; Europe; Land coverage; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUROPEAN UNION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND COVER; POLICY MAKING; VALUATION; WELFARE REFORM; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84878427847     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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