Ecosystem services in spatial planning and strategic environmental assessment-A European and Portuguese profile

Land Use Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 158-169

  Mascarenhas, André ^a,b   Ramos, Tomás B ^a   Haase, Dagmar ^b,c   Santos, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Governance; Policy integration; Spatial planning; Strategic environmental assessment

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SPATIAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84930938947     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.05.012     Document Type: Article

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