Should the ecosystem services concept be used in European Commission impact assessment?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 6-17

  Diehl, Katharina ^a   Burkhard, Benjamin ^a,b   Jacob, Klaus ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; European Union; Integration; Policy assessment; Requisite variety; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; INTEGRATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; EUROPEAN UNION; INDICATOR DEVELOPMENT; LEVEL OF ABSTRACTION; POLICY ASSESSMENT; REQUISITE VARIETY; SCIENCE - POLICY INTERFACES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOWNSCALING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; POLICY ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84938717601     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.07.013     Document Type: Article

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