A recreational valuation of the freshwater inflows into the keurbooms estuary by means of a contingent valuation study

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 280-298

  Hosking, S G ^a   du Preez, M ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 59749105137     PISSN: 10158812     EISSN: 22223436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v7i2.1380     Document Type: Article

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