From poverty trap to ecosystem service curse

Sustainability Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 903-907

  Kronenberg, Jakub ^a   Hubacek, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services markets; Institutions; Payments for ecosystem services; Poverty trap; Rigidity trap

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966550402     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-016-0370-8     Document Type: Article

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