Ecosystem Services in Belgian Environmental Policy Making: Expectations and Challenges Linked to the Conceptualization and Valuation of Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem Services: Global Issues, Local Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 121-133

  Bauler, Tom ^a   Pipart, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Governance; Policy adoption; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902051243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-419964-4.00012-3     Document Type: Chapter

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