Valuing quality changes in Caribbean coastal waters for heterogeneous beach visitors

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1124-1139

  Beharry Borg, Nesha ^a   Scarpa, Riccardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beach recreation; Choice experiment; Coastal waters; Latent class model; Mixed multinomial logit model

Indexed keywords

BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL WATER; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; WATER QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

TOBAGO; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 77749346015     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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