New EU-scale environmental scenarios until 2050 – Scenario process and initial scenario applications

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 29, Issue , 2018, Pages 542-551

  Priess, Joerg A ^a   Hauck, Jennifer ^a,b   Haines Young, Roy ^c   Alkemade, Rob ^d   Mandryk, Maryia ^d   Veerkamp, Clara ^d   Gyorgyi, Bela ^e   Dunford, Rob ^f,g   Berry, Pam ^f   Harrison, Paula ^f,g   Dick, Jan ^g   Keune, Hans ^h   Kok, Marcel ^d   Kopperoinen, Leena ⁱ   Lazarova, Tanya ^d   Maes, Joachim ^j   Pataki, György ^e   Preda, Elena ^k   Schleyer, Christian ^a,l   Görg, Christoph ^a,l   Vadineanu, Angheluta ^k   Zulian, Grazia ^j   more..

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b CoKnow Consulting ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e Environmental Social Science Research Group (ESSRG)   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^h RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

ⁱ FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^l UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Ecosystem service provision; Evaluation; Future; Natural capital; Participatory; Policy; Stakeholder feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028301650     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.08.006     Document Type: Article

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