To value or not to value? That is not the question

Ecological Economics

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-105

  Kallis, Giorgos ^a   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^b   Zografos, Christos ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Commodification; Market based instruments; Monetary valuation; Political ecology; Power

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; DAMAGE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; VALUATION; WATER ECONOMICS;

EID: 84882757363     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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