The trade-off between private lots and public open space in subdivisions at the urban-rural fringe

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1191-1197

  Kopits, Elizabeth ^a   McConnell, Virginia ^b   Walls, Margaret ^c  

^a US EPA National Center for Environmental Economics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Resources for the Future ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPEN SPACE; PRIVATE LAND; PUBLIC SPACE; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 37149021043     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01083.x     Document Type: Article

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