Effect of urban landscapes on land prices in two Japanese cities

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 155-166

  Gao, Xiaolu ^a   Asami, Yasushi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compatibility of buildings; Hedonic pricing method; Land price; Urban greenery; Urban landscape quality

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

COMPATIBILITY OF BUILDINGS; HEDONIC PRICING METHOD; LAND PRICE; URBAN GREENERY; URBAN LANDSCAPE QUALITY;

LAND USE;

AMENITY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRICING POLICY; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KITAKYUSHU; KYUSHU; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 34247521397     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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