The effect of urban trees on the rental price of single-family homes in Portland, Oregon

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-168

  Donovan, Geoffrey H ^a   Butry, David T ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Hedonic; Non market valuation; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOMEOWNER; PRICE DYNAMICS; TREE; URBAN AREA; URBAN FORESTRY; VALUATION;

OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960269046     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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