Characterizing Coastal Ecosystem Service Trade-offs with Future Urban Development in a Tropical City.
With rapid urbanization in the coastal zone and increasing habitat losses, it is imperative to understand how urban development affects coastal biodiversity and ecosystem service provision. Furthermore, it is important to understand how habitat fragments can best be incorporated into broader land us...
| Published in: | Environmental Management Vol. 60; no. 5; pp. 961 - 974 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Nov2017
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