Estimating economic values of vegetation restoration with choice experiments: A case study of an endangered species in Lake Kasumigaura, Japan

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-113

  Mitani, Yohei ^a,c   Shoji, Yasushi ^b   Kuriyama, Koichi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecosystem restoration; Environmental valuation; Public preferences; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

NYMPHOIDES PELTATA;

EID: 54249167390     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-008-0049-0     Document Type: Article

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