Deconstructing ecosystem services: Uncertainties and controversies around a socially constructed concept

Geoforum

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 113-123

  Barnaud, Cécile ^a   Antona, Martine ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Controversies; Ecosystem services; Epistemology; Political ecology; Review; Social construct

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904889671     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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