Ecosystem services and sustainability assessment: Theory and practice

Handbook of Sustainability Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 215-234

  Geneletti, Davide ^a   Bond, Alan ^b,c   Russel, Duncan ^d   Turnpenny, John ^c   Sheate, William ^e,f   Jordan, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Collingwood Environmental Planning Limited ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84957962636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781783471379.00018     Document Type: Chapter

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