Integration of ecosystem services in spatial planning: a survey on regional planners’ views

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1287-1300

  Mascarenhas, André ^a,b   Ramos, Tomás B ^a   Haase, Dagmar ^b,c   Santos, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Governance; Spatial planning; Stakeholder survey; Strategic environmental assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895774884     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-014-0012-4     Document Type: Article

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