Unpacking Pandora’s Box: Understanding and Categorising Ecosystem Disservices for Environmental Management and Human Wellbeing

Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 587-600

  Shackleton, C M ^a   Ruwanza, S ^a   Sinasson Sanni, G K ^a   Bennett, S ^a   De Lacy, P ^a   Modipa, R ^a   Mtati, N ^a   Sachikonye, M ^a   Thondhlana, G ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

definition; ecosystems disservices; management; typology

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INVESTMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 84952926959     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9952-z     Document Type: Article

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