Tasmanian landowner preferences for conservation incentive programs: A latent class approach

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2647-2656

  Putten, van Ingrid E ^a   Jennings, Sarah M ^b   Louviere, Jordan J ^c   Burgess, Leonie B ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Conservation programs; Discrete choice experiment; Incentive programs; Latent class analysis; Stated choice; Stated preference; Utility maximisation

Indexed keywords

CONJOINT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION PROJECTS; DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; INCENTIVE PROGRAMS; LATENT CLASS; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; PROGRAM ATTRIBUTES; STATED CHOICE; STATED PREFERENCES; UTILITY MAXIMIZATIONS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCENTIVE; LANDOWNER; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PRIVATE LAND; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UTILITY SECTOR; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPENSATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION INCENTIVE PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 79960836527     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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