Landscape aesthetics: Assessing the general publics' preferences towards rural landscapes

Ecological Economics

Volumn 72, Issue , 2011, Pages 161-169

  Howley, Peter ^a  

^a Rural Economy Research Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Environmental value orientations; Land use policy; Landscape preferences

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ESTHETICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL LANDSCAPE;

IRELAND;

EID: 82755188909     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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