Valuing map validation: The need for rigorous land cover map accuracy assessment in economic valuations of ecosystem services

Ecological Economics

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-28

  Foody, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Map accuracy; Misclassification bias; Remote sensing; Valuation error

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ERROR ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; MAP; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; VALUATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921522459     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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