Bad nature: Newspaper representations of ecosystem disservices

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 418-424

  Lyytimäki, Jari ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disservices; Ecosystem services; Environmental management; News coverage; Print media; Public debate

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDIA ROLE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION;

FINLAND;

EID: 84905736818     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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