Determinants of farmers' willingness to pay and its level for ecological compensation of Poyang lake wetland, China: A household-level survey

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6714-6728

  Kong, Fanbin ^a   Xiong, Kai ^a   Zhang, Ning ^a  

^a JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Ecological compensation; Household survey; Poyang lake wetland; Willingness to pay (WTP)

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; COMPENSATION SYSTEM; CONTINGENT VALUATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FARMERS ATTITUDE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; WETLAND; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHINA; JIANGXI; POYANG LAKE;

EID: 84907652974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6106714     Document Type: Article

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