Creating win-wins from trade-offs? Ecosystem services for human well-being: A meta-analysis of ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies in the real world

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 263-275

  Howe, Caroline ^a   Suich, Helen ^b,d   Vira, Bhaskar ^c   Mace, Georgina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem benefit(s); Ecosystem service(s); Human well being; Synergy(ies); Trade off(s); Win win(s)

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MAPPING; META-ANALYSIS; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYNERGISM; DATABASE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURAL RESOURCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SECTOR; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84918803127     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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