Global mapping and estimation of ecosystem services values and gross domestic product: A spatially explicit integration of national 'green GDP' accounting

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 293-314

  Li, Guangdong ^a,b   Fang, Chuanglin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

DMSP OLS nighttime light; Ecosystem services mapping; Ecosystem services values; Geographic information system; Green GDP accounting; Value transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; ECONOMICS; FINANCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MAPPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE; DMSP/OLS NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES VALUE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; VALUE TRANSFERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GIS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MONETARY POLICY; POLICY MAKING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84905562923     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.05.020     Document Type: Article

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