Assessing the economic value of vernacular architecture of mountain regions using contingent valuation

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 629-640

  Giannakopoulou, Stella ^a   Damigos, Dimitris ^a   Kaliampakos, Dimitris ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Non market valuation; Vernacular architecture

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052913958     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-011-2005-y     Document Type: Article

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