The recreational value of different winter conditions in Oslo forests: Achoice experiment

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 426-434

  Sælen, Håkon ^a   Ericson, Torgeir ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Climate change; Cross country skiing; Forest recreation

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SNOW;

BARE GROUNDS; CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; CONDITION; CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING; FOREST RECREATION; WET SNOW; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; WINTER CONDITIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

SNOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; SNOW; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; WINTER;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOREST; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NORWAY; SKIING; TRAVEL; WALKING; WINTER;

NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY];

CHOICE EXPERIMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING; FOREST RECREATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMANS; RECREATION; SEASONS; SKIING; TREES;

EID: 84887578059     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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