Improving ecosystem service frameworks to address wicked problems

Ecology and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Davies, Kathryn K ^a   Fisher, Karen T ^b   Dickson, Mark E ^b   Thrush, Simon F ^b,c   Le Heron, Richard ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Institute of Marine Science   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Participatory modeling; Social capital; Social values; Wicked problems

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MODELING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84934777240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07581-200237     Document Type: Article

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