Ecosystem Services and Their Monetary Value

Ecosystem Services: Global Issues, Local Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 13-28

  Liekens, Inge ^a   De Nocker, Leo ^a   Broekx, Steven ^a   Aertsens, Joris ^a   Markandya, Anil ^b  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monetary valuation; Practice in belgium; Total economic value; Valuation methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902057754     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-419964-4.00002-0     Document Type: Chapter

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