Disaggregated contributions of ecosystem services to human well-being: a case study from Eastern Europe

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1779-1791

  Horcea Milcu, Andra Ioana ^a   Leventon, Julia ^a   Hanspach, Jan ^a   Fischer, Joern ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benefit distribution; Equity; Perception; Poverty; Romania; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955622350     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-016-0926-2     Document Type: Article

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