Valuing non-market benefits derived from allotments in southeast England: A contingent valuation study

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-112

  Perez Vazquez, Arturo ^a   Anderson, Simon ^b   Wiltshire, Richard ^c   Fraser, Robert ^b  

^a Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allotments; Contingent valuation; Economic valuation; England; Total economic value; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

SURVEY; URBAN AGRICULTURE; VALUATION;

ASHFORD; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KENT; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WYE;

EID: 33646337638     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500609469665     Document Type: Article

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