Urban environmental amenities and property values: Does ownership matter?

Land Use Policy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 371-377

  Netusil, Noelwah R ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic price method; Land ownership; Open spaces; Property values; Valuation; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; LANDOWNERSHIP; OPEN SPACE; PROPERTY MARKET; URBAN AREA; VALUATION; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84871938845     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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