Assessing the importance of cultural ecosystem services in urban areas of Beijing municipality

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 24, Issue , 2017, Pages 79-90

  Dou, Yuehan ^a,c   Zhen, Lin ^a,b   De Groot, Rudolf ^c   Du, Bingzhen ^a,c   Yu, Xiubo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural services; Ecosystem services valuation; Perceptions; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014059071     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.02.011     Document Type: Article

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