Social preferences for improving water quality: An economic analysis of benefits from wastewater treatment

Water Resources Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 317-336

  Kontogianni, Areti ^a   Langford, Ian H ^b   Papandreou, Andreas ^c   Skourtos, Mihalis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Contingent valuation; Wastewater treatment; Water quality; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER RATES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

GREECE;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 0242407124     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025866818391     Document Type: Article

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