Economic valuation of ecosystem services, a case study for aquatic vegetation removal in the Nete catchment (Belgium)

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-56

  Boerema, Annelies ^a   Schoelynck, Jonas ^a   Bal, Kris ^a,b   Vrebos, Dirk ^a   Jacobs, Sander ^a   Staes, Jan ^a   Meire, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Full cost recovery (WFD); Lowland rivers; Macrophytes; Mowing; Societal cost benefit analysis; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894703163     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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