Ecosystem Services and River Basin Management

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 265-294

  Brauman, Kate A ^a   Van Der Meulen, Suzanne ^b   Brils, Jos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common language; Economic valuation; Ecosystem services; Hydrologic services; Land use change; Payment; River basin management; Watershed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988220880     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38598-8_10     Document Type: Chapter

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