Revealing preferences of Prague's homebuyers toward greenery amenities: The empirical evidence of distance-size effect

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-66

  Melichar, Jan ^a   Kaprová, Kateřina ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Hedonic price method; Implicit price; Property market; Recreational services; Urban green spaces

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; COMMERCE; COSTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

HEDONIC PRICES; IMPLICIT PRICE; PROPERTY MARKET; RECREATIONAL SERVICES; URBAN GREEN SPACES;

HOUSING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUILDING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GIS; GREENSPACE; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; MARKET SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN SPACE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PROPERTY MARKET; SIZE EFFECT; URBAN PLANNING;

CZECH REPUBLIC; PRAGUE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870379204     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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