Economic valuation of habitat defragmentation: A study of the Veluwe, the Netherlands

Ecological Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-216

  van der Heide, C Martijn ^a   van den Bergh, Jeroen C J M ^b,d   van Ierland, Ekko C ^a   Nunes, Paulo A L D ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CVM; Internet survey; Nature protection; River forelands; Willingness to Pay

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERNET; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; VALUATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; GELDERLAND; IJSSEL RIVER; NETHERLANDS; RHINE RIVER; VELUWE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50149087697     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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