Re-establishing an ecological discourse in the policy debate over how to value ecosystems and biodiversity

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 159, Issue , 2015, Pages 245-253

  Spash, Clive L ^a   Aslaksen, Iulie ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity policy; Ecological discourse; Ecosystems; Environmental management; Nature index; Social ecological economists

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY POLICY; ECOLOGICAL DISCOURSE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GOOD AND SERVICES; MONETARY VALUE; NATURE INDEX; POLICY DEBATES; RE-ESTABLISHING; SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIST;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCE; INDEX METHOD; INSTRUMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; VALUATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPT FORMATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHICS; HUMAN; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NORWAY; POLICY; PROCEDURES;

NORWAY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; NORWAY; POLICY;

EID: 84937967389     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.04.049     Document Type: Article

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