Assessments of citizen willingness to support urban forestry: An empirical study in Alabamay

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 118-125

  Zhang, Yaoqi ^a   Zheng, Bin ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Green infrastructure; Ordered logistic model; Public participation; Taxation; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GREENSPACE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; TAX SYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79958180211     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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