Economic value of Greater Montreal's non-market ecosystem services in a land use management and planning perspective

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 93-106

  Dupras, Jérôme ^a   Alam, Mahbubul ^b   Revéret, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

benefit transfer; ecosystem services valuation; environmental decision making; spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY MAKING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; VALUATION;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84961289537     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cag.12138     Document Type: Review

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