Urban green space recreational service assessment and management: A conceptual model based on the service generation process

Ecological Economics

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 59-68

  He, Jialin ^a,b,c   Yi, Hongmei ^b,d,e   Liu, Jian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b United Nations Environment Programme International Ecosystem Management Partnership (UNEP IEMP)   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Equity; Public health; Recreational service; Urban green space; Urban land use planning

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EQUITY; GREENSPACE; KNOWLEDGE; LAND USE PLANNING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84958985186     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.01.023     Document Type: Article

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