Valuing improvements to coastal waters using choice experiments: An application to revisions of the EU Bathing Waters Directive

Marine Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-144

  Hynes, Stephen ^a   Tinch, Dugald ^b   Hanley, Nick ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathing waters; Choice experiments; Coastal water quality; EU Bathing Waters Directive; Health risks; Recreational demand modelling

Indexed keywords

BATHING WATER; BEACH; COASTAL WATER; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH RISK; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; WATER QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

IRELAND;

EID: 84874014110     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.12.035     Document Type: Article

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