Modeling of ecosystem services informs spatial planning in lands adjacent to the Sarvelat and Javaherdasht protected area in northern Iran

Land Use Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2017, Pages 487-500

  Zarandian, Ardavan ^a   Baral, Himlal ^b,g   Stork, Nigel E ^c   Ling, Matthew A ^d   Yavari, Ahmad R ^e   Jafari, Hamid R ^e   Amirnejad, Hamid ^f  

^a Department of Environment ^*  (Iran)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^f SARI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaborative zoning; Forested landscape; InVEST; Land conversion; Land use scenario; Mapping

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; MAPPING; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER; ZONING SYSTEM;

HYRCANIA; IRAN;

EID: 85003855317     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.12.003     Document Type: Article

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