Are people willing to pay for river water quality, contingent valuation

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-408

  Imandoust, S B ^a   Gadam, S N ^b  

^a PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Ctr for Hlth Res and Development   (India)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Environmental economics; Water pollution; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PHOSPHATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTINGENT VALUATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; PAVANA RIVER; PUNE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34447516977     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03326299     Document Type: Article

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