Quantifying preferences for the natural world using monetary and nonmonetary assessments of value

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 404-413

  Dallimer, Martin ^a,g   Tinch, Dugald ^b   Hanley, Nick ^b   Irvine, Katherine N ^c,h   Rouquette, James R ^d   Warren, Philip H ^d   Maltby, Lorraine ^d   Gaston, Kevin J ^e   Armsworth, Paul R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice modeling; Ecosystem services; Psychological well being; Stated preference; Urban ecology; Valuation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECONOMIC THEORY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENSPACE; HETEROGENEITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AVES;

BIODIVERSITY; CITY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIODIVERSITY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENGLAND; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84896317793     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12215     Document Type: Article

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