Valuing the commons: An international study on the recreational benefits of the Baltic Sea

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 209-217

  Czajkowski, Mikołaj ^a   Ahtiainen, Heini ^b   Artell, Janne ^b   Budziński, Wiktor ^a   Hasler, Berit ^c   Hasselström, Linus ^d   Meyerhoff, Jürgen ^e   Nõmmann, Tea ^f   Semeniene, Daiva ^g   Söderqvist, Tore ^d   Tuhkanen, Heidi ^f   Lankia, Tuija ^b   Vanags, Alf ^h   Zandersen, Marianne ^c   Zylicz, Tomasz ^a   Hanley, Nick ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Enveco Environmental Economics Consultancy Ltd   (Sweden)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g Center for Environmental Policy   (Lithuania)

^h Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS)   (Latvia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

International public good; Recreational value; The Baltic Sea; Travel cost method

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OCEAN CURRENTS;

'CURRENT; BENEFITS AND COSTS; CATCHMENT AREA; INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC GOOD; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; PUBLIC GOODS; RECREATIONAL VALUE; THE BALTIC SEA; TRAVEL COST METHOD;

WATER QUALITY;

COASTAL ZONE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; PROBABILITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HOUSEHOLD; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RECREATION; RECREATIONAL VALUE; TRAVEL; WATER QUALITY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC STATES; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; STANDARDS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC STATES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECREATION; TRAVEL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84926178297     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.03.038     Document Type: Article

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