Economic Analysis for the UK National Ecosystem Assessment: Synthesis and Scenario Valuation of Changes in Ecosystem Services

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 273-297

  Bateman, Ian J ^a   Harwood, Amii R ^a   Abson, David J ^c,d   Andrews, Barnaby ^a   Crowe, Andrew ^a   Dugdale, Steve ^a   Fezzi, Carlo ^a   Foden, Jo ^a,e   Hadley, David ^f   Haines Young, Roy ^h   Hulme, Mark ⁱ   Kontoleon, Andreas ^j   Munday, Paul ^a   Pascual, Unai ^j,k   Paterson, James ^g   Perino, Grischa ^b,l   Sen, Antara ^a   Siriwardena, Gavin ^h   Termansen, Mette ^d,m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^k BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^m AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Environmental valuation; Land use change; UK National Ecosystem Assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE;

ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENHOUSE GAS; GREENSPACE; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; SPATIAL VARIATION; VALUATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84893411908     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9662-y     Document Type: Article

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