The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity: When is money valuation appropriate?

Ecological Economics from the Ground Up

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 488-512

  Labajos, Beatriz Rodríguez ^a   Martínez Alier, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 84906844142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203076989     Document Type: Chapter

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