Evaluating public risk preferences in forest land-use choices using multi-attribute utility theory

Ecological Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 408-419

  Ananda, Jayanath ^b   Herath, Gamini ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Australia; Forest attributes; Public values; Risk attitudes; Utility functions

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 26844440966     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.015     Document Type: Article

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