Managing urban ecosystems for goods and services

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 830-840

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Ávila Jiménez, María L ^a   Edmondson, Jill L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Flows; Land use change; Planning; Urban ecology; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GROWTH; HETEROGENEITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84880326577     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12087     Document Type: Article

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