Choice modelling to determine the significance of environmental amenity and production alternatives in the community value of peri-urban land: Sunshine Coast, Australia

Land Use Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 323-332

  Mallawaarachchi, Thilak ^a   Morrison, Mark D ^b   Blamey, Russell K ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DBM Consultants   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aesthetic value; Choice modelling; Existence value; Land use change; Non market valuation

Indexed keywords

LAND USE CONFLICT; LAND USE PLANNING; MODELING; POLICY STRATEGY; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 33646809749     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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