Land use change effects on ecosystem services of river deltas and coastal wetlands: case study in Volano–Mesola–Goro in Po river delta (Italy)

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 67-86

  Gaglio, Mattias ^a   Aschonitis, Vassilis G ^a   Gissi, Elena ^b   Castaldelli, Giuseppe ^a   Fano, Elisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Ecosystem services; Environmental management; LULC transition matrices; Protected areas; River delta

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND COVER; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURAL CAPITAL; NUMERICAL METHOD; PROTECTED AREA;

ITALY; PO DELTA; VENETO;

EID: 84979993338     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: 15729834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-016-9503-1     Document Type: Article

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