The willingness to pay for green apartments: The case of Nanjing, China

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 3459-3478

  Hu, Hong ^a   Geertman, Stan ^a   Hooimeijer, Pieter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

green apartments; health; market segmentation; socio economic groups; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

EID: 84911861585     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013516686     Document Type: Article

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