The importance of ecosystem services for rural inhabitants in a changing cultural landscape in Romania

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Hartel, Tibor ^a,b   Fischer, Joern ^b   Câmpeanu, Claudia ^c   Milcu, Andra Ioana ^b   Hanspach, Jan ^b   Fazey, Ioan ^d  

^a SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA   (Romania)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; Cultural landscape; Eastern Europe; Globalization; Rural communities

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBALIZATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PERCEPTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SERVICE PROVISION;

EASTERN EUROPE; ROMANIA;

EID: 84903698173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06333-190242     Document Type: Article

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