Trade-offs between development, culture and conservation - Willingness to pay for tropical river management among urban Australians

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2519-2528

  Zander, Kerstin K ^a   Garnett, Stephen T ^a   Straton, Anna ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Choice experiment; Compensating surplus; Ecosystem services; Recreational values; Tropical rivers

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; TROPICS;

AUSTRALIA; CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; COMPENSATING SURPLUS; DEVELOPMENT CULTURES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; RECREATIONAL VALUE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; TRADE OFF; TROPICAL RIVERS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

RIVERS;

CULTURAL TRADITION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INCOME; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RIVER WATER; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RIVER; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77956877154     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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