The capitalized value of rainwater tanks in the property market of Perth, Australia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 522, Issue , 2015, Pages 317-325

  Zhang, Fan ^a   Polyakov, Maksym ^a   Fogarty, James ^a   Pannell, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic valuation; Misclassification error; Spatial hedonic model; Urban rainwater collection

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FINANCE; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; ECONOMIC VALUATION; HEDONIC MODEL; HEDONIC PRICE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROVISION; INVESTMENT ANALYSIS; MISCLASSIFICATION ERROR; RAINWATER COLLECTIONS;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOMEOWNER; INSTALLATION; INVESTMENT; POLICY APPROACH; PROPERTY MARKET; RAINWATER; URBAN AREA; VALUATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER STORAGE;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84921358203     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.12.048     Document Type: Article

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