An Ecosystem Service Value Chain Analysis Framework: A Conceptual Paper

Ecological Economics

Volumn 147, Issue , 2018, Pages 84-95

  Rawlins, Jonathan M ^a   De Lange, Willem J ^b   Fraser, Gavin C G ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Causal loop diagram; Ecosystem services; Value chain analysis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DIAGRAM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FLOOD; PRIORITIZATION; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85044384785     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.12.023     Document Type: Article

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