1. Ecosystem Services and Institutional Dynamics
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Coralie Calvet, Claude Napoléone, Jean-Michel Salles, Syndhia Mathé, Hélène Rey-Valette, Leslie Carnoye, Rita Lopes, Géraldine Froger, Valérie Boisvert, Philippe Méral, Jean-François Le Coq, Armelle Caron, Olivier Aznar, Olivier Petit, Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 (CLERSÉ), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Mutations des activités des espaces et des formes d'organisation dans les territoires ruraux (UMR METAFORT), AgroParisTech-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Université de Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 [CLERSÉ], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille, and Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-AgroParisTech
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[SHS.ENVIR]Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies ,[SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance - Abstract
This Special Issue on “Ecosystem Services and Institutional Dynamics” is composed of a selection of papers which were originally presented during the 10th biennial conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics held in June 2013 in Lille. Ecosystem services, i.e. the material and immaterial benefits people obtain from ecosystems, has become a topic of increasing attention, over the past two decades, from both scientists and policy makers. This enthusiasm for such a concept can be understood, as an ideological option (commodification of nature), a pragmatic view at the (best) ways to conduct policies dealing with human–nature interactions—focusing on human well-being—or simply as a tool which has to find its place in the already existing toolbox. Various valuation methods have been developed or adapted to ecosystem services, ranging from monetary valuation to more sophisticated valuation/quantification methods taking into account more directly the incommensurable nature of human and natural capital (deliberative monetary valuation, multi-criteria analysis, integrated assessment). In parallel, an important development of policy instruments incorporating ecosystem services has been witnessed in recent years,. This Special Issue will deconstruct discourses and explore practices on the ground on all the above mentioned topics.
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- 2015