Exploring futures of ecosystem services in cultural landscapes through participatory scenario development in the Swabian Alb, Germany

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Plieninger, Tobias ^a,b   Bieling, Claudia ^c   Ohnesorge, Bettina ^a   Schaich, Harald ^c   Schleyer, Christian ^a,d   Wolff, Franziska ^e  

^a Berlin Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e Öko Institut e V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services: landscape development; Germany; Multifunctional landscapes; Participatory scenario planning; Quality of life; Regional development; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURE RESERVE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STAKEHOLDER;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GERMANY; SWABIAN ALB;

EID: 84879529398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05802-180339     Document Type: Article

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