Assessing local communities' willingness to pay for river network protection: A contingent valuation study of Shanghai, China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3866-3882

  Shang, Zhaoyi ^a   Che, Yue ^a   Yang, Kai ^a   Jiang, Yu ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attitude; Contingent valuation; River network; Shanghai; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RIVER WATER;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; DEGRADATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RIVER; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84870832126     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9113866     Document Type: Article

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