A comparative analysis of ecosystem services valuation approaches for application at the local scale and in data scarce regions

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 250-259

  Pandeya, B ^a   Buytaert, W ^a   Zulkafli, Z ^a,b   Karpouzoglou, T ^c   Mao, F ^d   Hannah, D M ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data scarce regions; Decision making; Ecosystem services; Integrated valuation; Valuation approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006021765     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.10.015     Document Type: Article

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