Recreational demand for farm commonage in Ireland: A contingent valuation assessment

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 846-854

  Buckley, Cathal ^a,b   van Rensburg, Tom M ^b   Hynes, Stephen ^a  

^a Rural Economy Research Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Commonage; Contingent valuation; Recreation; Walking; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; WALKING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CONNACHT; CONNEMARA; COUNTY GALWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60849128799     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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