Negotiated Complexity in Ecosystem Services Science and Policy Making

Ecosystem Services: Global Issues, Local Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 167-180

  Keune, Hans ^a,b,c,d   Dendoncker, Nicolas ^e  

^a Belgian Biodiversity Platform   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d University of Namur   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Analytical deliberative approach; Diversity tolerance; Ecosystem services; Multicriteria decision support; Negotiated complexity; Traditional alternative paradigms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902057746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-419964-4.00015-9     Document Type: Chapter

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