Understanding the use of ecosystem service knowledge in decision making: Lessons from international experiences of spatial planning

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 320-340

  Mckenzie, Emily ^a,b   Posner, Stephen ^a   Tillmann, Patricia ^c,d   Bernhardt, Joanna R ^a   Howard, Kirsten ^e   Rosenthal, Amy ^a  

^a WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^b WWF UK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ecosystem services; Knowledge use; Science policy interface; Spatial planning

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; KNOWLEDGE; LAND USE PLANNING; NATIONAL PLANNING; POLICY ANALYSIS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SPATIAL PLANNING;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OAHU; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 84898455053     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c12292j     Document Type: Article

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