Public willingness to pay for environmental management, risk reduction and economic development: Evidence from Tianjin, China

China Economic Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 551-566

  ZHAI, Guofang ^a,b   SUZUKI, Takeshi ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Choice experiment approach; Coastal area; Environmental management; Marginal willingness to pay (MWTP); Public preference; Regional sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349109852     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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