GIS-based estimation of housing amenities: The case of high grounds and stagnant streams

Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-61

  Mukherjee, Shibashis ^a   Caplan, Arthur J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic valuation; High elevation; Stagnant streams

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952442804     PISSN: 18644031     EISSN: 1864404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12076-011-0053-0     Document Type: Letter

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