Strengthening conceptual foundations: Analysing frameworks for ecosystem services and poverty alleviation research

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1098-1111

  Fisher, Janet A ^a   Patenaude, Genevieve ^b   Meir, Patrick ^b   Nightingale, Andrea J ^c   Rounsevell, Mark D A ^b   Williams, Mathew ^b   Woodhouse, Iain H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c School of Global Studies   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Ecosystem services; Human wellbeing; Poverty alleviation

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RESEARCH;

EID: 84886726438     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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