The role of landscape amenities in regional development: Evidence from Swiss municipality data

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 748-761

  Waltert, Fabian ^a,b   Schulz, Thomas ^b   Schläpfer, Felix ^b,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agricultural subsidies; Geographic information system (GIS); Landscape amenities; Local development; Regional adjustment model

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; EMPLOYMENT; GIS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79957899117     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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