An ex ante ecological economic assessment of the benefits arising from marine protected areas designation in the UK

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• ecological economics 68%
• valuation 61%
• protected area 51%
• goods and services 46%
• discount rate 26%
• ecosystem approach 25%
• policy 23%
• cost-benefit 22%
• marine ecosystem 18%
• plan 13%
• habitat 11%
• ecosystem 11%
• methodology 11%
• water 5%
• analysis 5%

Business & Economics

• Marine Protected Areas 100%
• Ecological Economics 84%
• Marine Conservation 50%
• Marine Ecosystems 14%
• Ecosystem Approach 12%
• Benefit Transfer 12%
• Goods 10%
• Provisioning 10%
• Present Value 8%
• Cost-benefit 8%
• Ecosystem 8%
• Habitat 8%
• Discount Rate 8%
• Coast 6%
• Water 6%
• Methodology 4%