Historical and contemporary cultural ecosystem service values in the rapidly urbanizing city state of Singapore

Ambio

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 666-677

  Thiagarajah, Jharyathri ^a   Wong, Shermaine K M ^a   Richards, Daniel R ^a   Friess, Daniel A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coastal; Ecosystem services; Mangrove; Recreation; Singapore; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CULTURAL HISTORY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MANGROVE; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; SINGAPORE; URBANIZATION; WETLAND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURE; ECOLOGY; SINGAPORE; URBANIZATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 84942983682     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0647-7     Document Type: Article

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