Shades of Green: Measuring the value of urban forests in the housing market

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-199

  Mansfield, Carol ^a   Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ^a   McDow, William ^b   McDonald, Robert ^c   Halpin, Patrick ^d  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Environmental Defense   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Hedonic regression; Non market valuation; Open space

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN PLANNING;

HABITAT CONSERVATION; HEDONIC REGRESSION; HOUSING MARKET; LAND-USE PLANNING; NON-MARKET VALUATION; OPEN SPACE; URBAN FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; HOUSING MARKET; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN ECONOMY;

CITIES; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28044437360     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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