A Spatial Hedonic Analysis of the Value of Urban Land Cover in the Multifamily Housing Market in Los Angeles, CA

Urban Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2597-2615

  Li, Wei ^a   Saphores, Jean Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; GREENSPACE; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; LAND COVER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OWNERSHIP; PLANTATION; PRIVATE LAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865166899     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098011429486     Document Type: Article

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