Economic valuation and conservation: Do people vote for better preservation of Shadegan International Wetland?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-158

  Kaffashi, Sara ^a   Shamsudin, Mad Nasir ^a   Radam, Alias ^a   Yacob, Mohd Rusli ^a   Rahim, Khalid Abdul ^a   Yazid, Muhammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Marginal value; Nonmarket value; Shadegan International Wetland; Users and nonusers models

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RAMSAR CONVENTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLAND;

IRAN; KHUZESTAN; SHADEGAN MARSHES;

EID: 84860509365     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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