Ecosystem services in SEA: are we missing the point of a simple concept?

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 79-86

  Slootweg, Roel ^a  

^a SevS Natural and Human Environment Consultants   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; regional planning; SEA; spatial planning; strategic environmental assessment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; NATURAL RESOURCE; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84949216923     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2015.1096039     Document Type: Article

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