Navigating trade-offs in land-use planning: Integrating human well-being into objective setting

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Adams, Vanessa M ^a,b   Pressey, Robert L ^b   Stoeckl, Natalie ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Human well being; Land use planning; Objective setting; Stakeholder engagement; Systematic conservation Planning

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE PLANNING; NATURAL RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALIA; DALY RIVER; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 84924409322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07168-190453     Document Type: Article

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