Resident motivations and willingness-to-pay for urban biodiversity conservation in Guangzhou (China)

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1052-1064

  Chen, Wendy Y ^a   Jim, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; China; Conservation motivation; Contingent valuation; Urban natural area; Urban nature conservation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CHINA; CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; NATURAL AREAS; NATURE CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DAMAGE DETECTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MOTIVATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BIODIVERSITY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; LAND USE CHANGE; LOGISTICS; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERIURBAN AREA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; INCOME; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WELFARE;

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTIVATION; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 77952881749     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9478-2     Document Type: Article

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