Environmental diversity in recreational choice modelling

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2743-2750

  Bujosa Bestard, Angel ^a   Font, Antoni Riera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental diversity; Forests; Random parameter logit; Recreation demand; Travel Cost Method

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; VALUATION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 68149144097     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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