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Chapter 4 - Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Economic Loss of Ecosystem Services from 1900 to 2050

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2014

Anil Markandya
Affiliation:
University of Bath
Aline Chiabai
Affiliation:
Basque Centre for Climate Change in the Basque Country
Bjørn Lomborg
Affiliation:
Copenhagen Business School
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How Much Have Global Problems Cost the World?
A Scorecard from 1900 to 2050
, pp. 131 - 169
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2013

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