Amenities and disamenities: A hedonic analysis of the heterogeneous urban landscape in Shenzhen (China)

Geographical Journal

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-240

  Chen, Wendy Y ^a   Jim, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hedonic pricing method; Landscape amenity; Residential garden; Shenzhen; Urban park; Urban village

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PARK MANAGEMENT; PRICING POLICY; REDEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 77955545270     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2010.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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