Ecosystem services linking social and ecological systems: River brownification and the response of downstream stakeholders

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Tuvendal, Magnus ^a   Elmqvist, Thomas ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Brownification; Coping; Ecosystem service; Governance; Resilience; Response strategies; Socialecological system; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

HELGE RIVER; SKANE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84930472326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04456-160421     Document Type: Article

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