The recreational value of gold coast beaches, Australia: An application of the travel cost method

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 106-114

  Zhang, Fan ^a   Wang, Xiao Hua ^b   Nunes, Paulo A L D ^c   Ma, Chunbo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Gold Coast beaches; Recreational value; Travel cost method; Value transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923174355     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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