Urban ecosystem services

Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities: A Global Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 175-251

  Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^a,b   Gren, Åsa ^c   Barton, David N ^d   Langemeyer, Johannes ^a   McPhearson, Timon ^e   O’farrell, Patrick ^f   Andersson, Erik ^g   Hamstead, Zoé ^e   Kremer, Peleg ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f Natural Resource and the Environment   (South Africa)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84948188420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_11     Document Type: Chapter

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