Evaluation of sustainable environmental flows based on the valuation of ecosystem services: A case study for the Baiyangdian Wetland, China

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 90-100

  Yang, W ^a   Yang, Z F ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation; Ecosystem services value; Environmental flows; Gray relationship matrix; Interpolation

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INTERPOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

BAIYANGDIAN LAKE; CHINA; HEBEI;

EID: 84920929538     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.201400276     Document Type: Article

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