Temporal stability and transferability of models of willingness to pay for flood control and wetland conservation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Brouwer, Roy ^a   Bateman, Ian J ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WETLANDS;

TEMPORAL STABILITY; TEST-RETEST ANALYSES; TRANSFERABILITY; WETLAND CONSERVATION;

FLOOD CONTROL;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; FLOOD CONTROL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 17844409875     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003466     Document Type: Article

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