Urban Sprawl and Ecosystem Services: A Half Century Perspective in the Montreal Area (Quebec, Canada)

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 180-200

  Dupras, Jérôme ^a   Alam, Mahbubul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

economic valuation; ecosystem services; North America; urban sprawling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924246571     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2014.927755     Document Type: Article

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