Capitalized amenity value of urban wetlands: A hedonic property price approach to urban wetlands in perth, western Australia

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 527-545

  Tapsuwan, Sorada ^a   Ingram, Gordon ^b   Burton, Michael ^c   Brennan, Donna ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hedonic; Marginal implicit price; Property price; Revealed preference

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRICE DYNAMICS; URBAN AREA; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349597423     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2009.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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