Monetary value and social role of forest recreation services in Latvia

Research for Rural Development

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 65-70

  Jankovska, Ilze ^a   Donis, Janis ^b   Straupe, Inga ^a  

^a LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

^b LATVIAN STATE FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE SILAVA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Economic value; Forest recreational service

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; ECONOMIC VALUES; FOREST RECREATIONAL SERVICE; GENERAL INFORMATION; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; STATISTICAL DATAS; TOTAL ECONOMIC VALUES; VALUE ORIENTATION;

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84893381754     PISSN: 16914031     EISSN: 16914031     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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