Integrating methods for ecosystem service assessment and valuation: Mixed methods or mixed messages?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 126-138

  Hattam, Caroline ^a   Böhnke Henrichs, Anne ^b   Börger, Tobias ^a   Burdon, Daryl ^c   Hadjimichael, Maria ^d   Delaney, Alyne ^d   Atkins, Jonathan P ^e   Garrard, Samantha ^a   Austen, Melanie C ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Dogger Bank; Ecosystem services; Mixed methods; Valuation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARITY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; INTEGRATED APPROACH; VALUATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DOGGER BANK; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84945902618     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.10.011     Document Type: Article

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