Evaluating the impact of ecosystem service assessments on decision-makers

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 64, Issue , 2016, Pages 30-37

  Posner, Stephen ^a   Getz, Christy ^b   Ricketts, Taylor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecosystem services; Impact evaluation; Land use decisions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84975159822     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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