Evaluation of the accuracy of land-use based ecosystem service assessments for different thematic resolutions

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-51

  Van der Biest, K ^a   Vrebos, D ^a   Staes, J ^a   Boerema, A ^a   Bodi M B ^a   Fransen, E ^a   Meire, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Ecosystem services; Environmental policy; Land use; Mapping; Qualitative assessment

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE;

ACCURACY; BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LANDUSE CLASSIFICATIONS; NUMBER OF CLASS; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SERVICE DELIVERY; SIMPLE++;

MAPPING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOPHYSICS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEMATIC MAPPING;

ACCURACY; ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WETLAND; BIOPHYSICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOPHYSICS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84924940079     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.03.018     Document Type: Article

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