Assessing water ecosystem services for water resource management

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 194-203

  Grizzetti, B ^a   Lanzanova, D ^a   Liquete, C ^a   Reynaud, A ^a   Cardoso, A C ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services indicators; Ecosystem services valuation; Water ecosystem services; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989233976     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.04.008     Document Type: Article

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