Ecosystem services, well-being and deltas: Current knowledge and understanding

Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas: Integrated Assessment for Policy Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 3-27

  Neil Adger, W ^a   Adams, Helen ^b   Kay, Susan ^c   Nicholls, Robert J ^d   Hutton, Craig W ^d   Hanson, Susan E ^d   Rahman, Md Munsur ^e   Salehin, Mashfiqus ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71093-8_1     Document Type: Chapter

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