Valuation of irrigation water by the hedonic price method: A case study in Chalkidiki, Greece

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 4, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 253-262

  Latinopoulos, P ^a   Tziakas, V ^a   Mallios, Z ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural land prices; Case study; Hedonic price method; Regression analysis; Value of irrigation water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER ECONOMICS;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; CHALCIDICE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 5644221715     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WAFO.0000044803.01747.bd     Document Type: Article

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