Valuation of green walls and green roofs as soundscape measures: Including monetised amenity values together with noise-attenuation values in a cost-benefit analysis of a green wall affecting courtyards

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3770-3778

  Veisten, Knut ^a   Smyrnova, Yuliya ^b   Klæboe, Ronny ^a   Hornikx, Maarten ^c   Mosslemi, Marjan ^a   Kang, Jian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hedonic pricing; Noise control; Quiet area; Quiet side; Unit pricing; Vertical gardens

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTHETICS; GARDEN; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; NOISE; PRICE DYNAMICS; ROOF; VALUATION; VEGETATION; WALL;

ACOUSTIC PROCEDURES; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESTHETICS; GREEN ROOF; GREEN WALL; HOUSEHOLD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NOISE REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND ATTENUATION; SOUND DIFFUSION; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; SOUNDSCAPE; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

EID: 84870814011     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9113770     Document Type: Article

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