Contrasting values of cultural ecosystem services in urban areas: The case of park Montjuïc in Barcelona

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 178-186

  Langemeyer, Johannes ^a,b   Baró, Francesc ^a   Roebeling, Peter ^c   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cities; Green infrastructure; Spain; Urban ecosystem services; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940000386     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.11.016     Document Type: Article

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