The costs and socio-economic beneflts associated with the natura 2000 network

International Journal of Sustainable Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 135-157

  Gantioler, Sonja ^a   Rayment, Matt ^b   Brink, Patrick Ten ^a   Mcconville, Andrew ^c   Kettunen, Marianne ^d   Bassi, Samuela ^a  

^a Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)   (Belgium)

^b GHK Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute for European Environmental Policy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cost and socio economic beneflts; Economic valuation; EU birds and habitats directives; Flnancial resources; Natura 2000 network; Protected areas; Sustainable society

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937040290     PISSN: 17562538     EISSN: 17562546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSOC.2014.057894     Document Type: Article

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