Capitalized amenity value of native vegetation in a multifunctional rural landscape

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 299-314

  Polyakov, Maksym ^a   Pannell, David J ^a   Pandit, Ram ^a   Tapsuwan, Sorada ^b   Park, Geoff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Natural Decisions Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Covariogram; ecological restoration; ecosystem services; non market valuation; private benefit; rural landscape; spatio temporal hedonic model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; MODELING; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84912115801     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aau053     Document Type: Article

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