Values of environmental landscape amenities during the 2000-2006 real estate boom and subsequent 2008 recession

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-91

  Cho, Seong Hoon ^a   Kim, Seung Gyu ^a   Roberts, Roland K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental amenity; Landscape; Real estate boom; Recession; Spatial hedonic model

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; LANDSCAPE; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 78649464500     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2010.502760     Document Type: Article

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