Economic Assessment of the Recreational Value of Ecosystems: Methodological Development and National and Local Application

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 233-249

  Sen, Antara ^a   Harwood, Amii R ^a   Bateman, Ian J ^a   Munday, Paul ^a   Crowe, Andrew ^b   Brander, Luke ^c,d   Raychaudhuri, Jibonayan ^e   Lovett, Andrew A ^a   Foden, Jo ^f   Provins, Allan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^g Economics for the Environment Consultancy (eftec)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Meta analysis; Recreation; Recreational value; Spatially sensitive; UK National Ecosystem Assessment

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; LAND USE;

ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; META ANALYSIS; RECREATION; RECREATIONAL VALUE; SPATIALLY SENSITIVE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LAND USE; META-ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTDOOR RECREATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84893397917     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9666-7     Document Type: Article

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