Beyond money metrics: Alternative approaches to conceptualising and assessing ecosystem services

Conservation and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 321-325

  Purushothaman, Seema ^a   Thomas, Bejoy ^b   Abraham, Rosa ^c   Dhar, Uppeandra ^d  

^a AZIM PREMJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE   (India)

^d HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ecological economics; ecosystem services; environmental valuation; Millennium Ecosystem Assessment; non market valuation; non monetary dimensions; valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893806580     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.125739     Document Type: Review

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