What are we missing? Economic value of an urban forest in Ghana

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-142

  Dumenu, William Kwadwo ^a  

^a FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Contingent Valuation; Cost Benefit Analysis; Economic value; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884595174     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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