A review of studies on ecosystem services in Africa

International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 225-245

  Wangai, Peter Waweru ^a,b   Burkhard, Benjamin ^a,c   Müller, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Mapping; Quantification; Scale; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999792365     PISSN: 22126090     EISSN: 22126104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsbe.2016.08.005     Document Type: Review

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