Modeling the links between biodiversity, ecosystem services and human wellbeing in the context of climate change: Results from an econometric analysis of the European forest ecosystems

Ecological Economics

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-73

  Ding, Helen ^a   Nunes, Paulo A L D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3SLS; Composite biodiversity indicator; European forest ecosystem services; Natural capital index; Nature based policy for climate change mitigation; Simultaneous equation modeling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMETRICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NATURAL CAPITAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84888775563     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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