Is what you see what you get? The value of natural landscape views

Land Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-19

  Walls, Margaret ^a   Kousky, Carolyn ^a   Chus, Ziyan ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; GREENSPACE; HOUSING MARKET; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

MISSOURI; SAINT LOUIS COUNTY [MISSOURI]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921633298     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: 15438325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.91.1.1     Document Type: Article

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