The effectiveness of conservation interventions to overcome the urban-environmental paradox

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1355, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-14

  McDonald, Robert I ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Market failure; Payment for ecosystem services (PES); Return on investment (ROI); Urban form

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DRINKING WATER; STORM WATER;

AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CITY; CITY PLANNING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT; HUMAN; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION DENSITY; RECREATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREET TREE; TREE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL PARADOX; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; ENVIRONMENT; POLICY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

CITY PLANNING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 84947039384     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12752     Document Type: Article

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