Integrating environmental policies towards a network of protected and quiet areas

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 321-329

  Votsi, Nefta Eleftheria P ^a   Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^b,c   Mazaris, Antonios D ^a   Pantis, John D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

ecosystem services; Environmental Noise Directive; environmental policy; Natura 2000 network; quiet areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATURA 2000 NETWORKS; QUIET AREAS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EID: 84908693595     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892913000362     Document Type: Article

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