Willingness to pay for flood risk reduction and its determinants in japan

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 927-940

  Zhai, Guofang ^a,b   Sato, Teruko ^a   Fukuzono, Teruki ^a   Ikeda, Saburo ^c   Yoshida, Kentaro ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^b National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM)   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation method (CVM); Flood risk reduction; Japan; Willingness to pay (WTP)

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD (CVM); FLOOD RISK REDUCTION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY (WTP);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOOD CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FLOODS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; FLOOD CONTROL; INCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33745414524     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb04505.x     Document Type: Article

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