Preferences and willingness to pay for close to home nature for outdoor recreation in Sweden

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 283-296

  Ezebilo, Eugene E ^a   Boman, Mattias ^a,b   Mattsson, Leif ^a   Lindhagen, Anders ^a   Mbongo, Werner ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

contingent valuation; distance; nature; outdoor recreation; preferences; Sweden; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919438424     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2013.854196     Document Type: Article

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