Impact of perceived importance of ecosystem services and stated financial constraints on willingness to pay for riparian meadow restoration in Flanders (Belgium)

Environmental Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 346-359

  Chen, Wendy Y ^a   Aertsens, Joris ^b   Liekens, Inge ^b   Broekx, Steven ^b   De Nocker, Leo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation method; Flanders; Perceived importance of ecosystem services; Riparian meadow restoration; Stated financial constraints; Temporal embedding

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FINANCE; RESOURCE VALUATION; RESTORATION;

CONTINGENT VALUATION METHODS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS; FLANDERS; TEMPORAL EMBEDDING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER POLLUTION;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIVERS;

EID: 84905571719     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0293-z     Document Type: Article

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