Bridging the gap between ecosystem service assessments and land-use planning through Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA)

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2016, Pages 45-56

  Langemeyer, Johannes ^a,b   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^c,f   Haase, Dagmar ^d,e   Scheuer, Sebastian ^d   Elmqvist, Thomas ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cities; Green space; Multi criteria analysis; Policy evaluation; Urban governance; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST; GERMANY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WATERSHED;

EID: 84961158771     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.02.013     Document Type: Article

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