The valuation of landfill disamenities in Birmingham

Ecological Economics

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 116-129

  Ham, Yun Ju ^a   Maddison, David J ^a   Elliott, Robert J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hedonic technique; Landfill; Waste

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DECADAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; LANDFILL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ALABAMA; BIRMINGHAM [ALABAMA]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872392456     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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