Contamination by the israeli military industry and its impact on apartment sale prices in an adjacent tel aviv neighborhood: A hedonic pricing model study

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-231

  Shelem, Itai ^a   Lavee, Doron ^b   Becker, Nir ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contamination; Distance; Hedonic; Housing market; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870331120     PISSN: 19463138     EISSN: 19463146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19463138.2011.552942     Document Type: Article

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