Empirical PPGIS/PGIS mapping of ecosystem services: A review and evaluation

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 119-133

  Brown, Greg ^a   Fagerholm, Nora ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Best practice; Ecosystem services; Mapping; PGIS; PPGIS; Public participation GIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930617250     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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