Impacts of land use change on ecosystem services and implications for human well-being in Spanish drylands

Land Use Policy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 534-548

  Quintas Soriano, Cristina ^a,b   Castro, Antonio J ^a,c   Castro, Hermelindo ^a   García Llorente, Marina ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^d Department of Applied Research and Agricultural Extension ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Argument analysis; Arid; Conservation; Greenhouse; Rural abandonment; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HORTICULTURE; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; TRADE-OFF; URBANIZATION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 84961778142     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.03.011     Document Type: Article

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