Ecosystem services assessment: A review under an ecological-economic and systems perspective

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 289, Issue , 2014, Pages 124-132

  Häyhä, Tiina ^a,b   Franzese, Pier Paolo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Economic valuation; Ecosystem services; Environmental accounting; Natural capital; Socio ecological systems; Systems perspective

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ECONOMIC VALUATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTINGS; NATURAL CAPITAL; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPLOITATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURAL CAPITAL;

EID: 84904916540     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.07.002     Document Type: Review

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