A conceptual framework to untangle the concept of urban ecosystem services

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 200, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Tan, Puay Yok ^a   Zhang, Jingyuan ^a,f   Masoudi, Mahyar ^a,d   Alemu, Jahson Berhane ^a   Edwards, Peter J ^c   Grêt Regamey, Adrienne ^b   Richards, Daniel R ^c,d   Saunders, Justine ^c,d   Song, Xiao Ping ^a,c   Wong, Lynn Wei ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FUTURE CITIES LABORATORY   (Singapore)

^d CAMPUS FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL ENTERPRISE CREATE   (Singapore)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GUIDELINE; HUMAN CAPITAL; NATURAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 85083823951     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103837     Document Type: Short Survey

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