Restoration of natural capital: A key strategy on the path to sustainability

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-61

  Blignaut, James ^a   Aronson, James ^b,c   de Groot, Rudolf ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Ecosystems; Restoration; Restoration economics; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; WETLANDS;

BENEFIT COST RATIOS; COASTAL SYSTEMS; COASTAL WETLANDS; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; COST-BENEFIT; NATURAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABLE GROWTH; SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY; COST BENEFITS;

RESTORATION;

COASTAL WETLAND; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; MANGROVE; NATURAL CAPITAL; PARADIGM SHIFT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84900533621     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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