A sustainability framework for assessing trade-offs in ecosystem services

Ecology and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cavender Bares, Jeannine ^a   Polasky, Stephen ^a   King, Elizabeth ^b   Balvanera, Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Ecosystem services; Efficiency frontier; Management constraints; Preferences; Stakeholders; Time lags; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84923584890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06917-200117     Document Type: Article

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