Applying contingent valuation in China to measure the total economic value of restoring ecosystem services in Ejina region

Ecological Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 345-358

  Zhongmin, Xu ^a   Guodong, Cheng ^a   Zhiqiang, Zhang ^a   Zhiyong, Su ^b   Loomis, John ^c  

^a CAREERI   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Contingent Valuation Method; Total economic value; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DISCOUNT RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHINA; EJINA; GANSU PROVINCE;

EID: 0037352321     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(02)00280-X     Document Type: Article

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