Estimating the willingness to pay for a flood control project in Brazil using the contingent valuation method

Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-52

  Fuks, Mauricio ^a   Chatterjee, Latta ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Costs; Floods; Probability; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FLOOD CONTROL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD; DAMAGE ASSESSMENT;

URBAN PLANNING;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD CONTROL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39549112077     PISSN: 07339488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9488(2008)134:1(42)     Document Type: Article

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