The Value of Urban Green Space in Britain: A Methodological Framework for Spatially Referenced Benefit Transfer

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 251-272

  Perino, Grischa ^a   Andrews, Barnaby ^b   Kontoleon, Andreas ^c   Bateman, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Spatially referenced benefit transfer; UK National Ecosystem Assessment; Urban greenspace

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

BENEFIT TRANSFER; DATA AVAILABILITY; ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT; MARGINAL VALUES; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; URBAN GREENSPACE; URBAN GREENSPACES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

GIS; GREENSPACE; META-ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; URBAN AREA; VALUATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84893345975     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9665-8     Document Type: Article

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