Valuation of landmass degradation using fuzzy Hedonic method: A case study of National Capital Region

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 519-543

  Paliwal, Rakesh ^a   Geevarghese, Gejo Anna ^b   Babu, P Ram ^a   Khanna, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Centre for Environment and Development Thiruvananthapuram   (India)

Author keywords

Fuzzy regression; Hedonic model; Landmass degradation

Indexed keywords

HEDONIC MODEL; LANDMASS DEGRADATION; PRICING POLICY; TRIANGULAR FUZZY NUMBER;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LAND USE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; LAND DEGRADATION; METHODOLOGY; RURAL AREA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

INDIA;

EID: 0033451534     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008357705800     Document Type: Article

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