Is it worth revising the european bathing water directive? A choice experiment

Environmental Valuation in Developed Countries: Case studies

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 343-362

  Mourato, Susana ^a   Provins, Allan ^a   Özdemiroǧlu, Ece ^a   Georgiou, Stavros ^b   Newcombe, Jodi ^a  

^a Quality and Sustainability ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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