Are Ecosystem Services Replaceable by Technology?

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 513-524

  Fitter, Alastair H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Enhancement; Goods; Replacement; Supporting services; Technology

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILIZERS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS; GOODS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REPLACEMENT; SUPPORTING SERVICES;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84883134396     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9676-5     Document Type: Article

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