Citizens' distrust of government and their protest responses in a contingent valuation study of urban heritage trees in Guangzhou, China

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-48

  Chen, Wendy Y ^a   Hua, Junyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Contingent valuation; Distrust of government; Protest response; Urban heritage tree

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; RESOURCE VALUATION; URBAN GROWTH;

CHINA; CONTINGENT VALUATION METHODS; CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; DISTRUST OF GOVERNMENT; GUANGZHOU; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PROTEST RESPONSE; SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT; TRANSITIONAL CHINAS; URBAN HERITAGE TREE;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOGIT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTINGENT VALUATION; CULTURAL VALUE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; TREE; TRUST; URBAN AREA; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

CHINA; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; TREES;

EID: 84924577046     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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