A combined site proximity and recreation index approach to value natural amenities: An example from a natural resource management region of Murray-Darling Basin

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-77

  Tapsuwan, Sorada ^a,c   MacDonald, Darla Hatton ^a   King, Darran ^a   Poudyal, Neelam ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; GIS; Parks; Recreational facilities; Revealed preference; River; Rural land; Spatial hedonics

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVERS;

AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES; FACTORS ANALYSIS; HEDONIC MODEL; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; PRICE MODELS; PROPERTY; REVEALED PREFERENCE; RURAL LAND; SPATIAL HEDONIC;

RURAL AREAS;

AMENITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GIS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARK MANAGEMENT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROPERTY MARKET; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; TOURIST ATTRACTION; VALUATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST; MODEL; RECREATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN; RURAL AREA;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 81455131585     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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