Ecosystem services assessment at Steart Peninsula, Somerset, UK

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-34

  Vieira da Silva, Lia ^a,b,c   Everard, Mark ^a,d   Shore, Robert G ^a  

^a WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal management; Economic valuation; Ecosystem services; Managed realignment; Value transfer; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907686013     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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