Willingness to pay and preferences for green housing attributes in Hong Kong

Journal of Green Building

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-152

  Yau, Yung ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Environmental economics; Green building; Green consumerism; Sustainability; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865389749     PISSN: 15526100     EISSN: 19434618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3992/jgb.7.2.137     Document Type: Article

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