Valuation of landscape amenities: A hedonic pricing analysis of housing rents in urban, suburban and periurban Switzerland

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 24-40

  Schläpfer, Felix ^a   Waltert, Fabian ^b   Segura, Lorena ^b   Kienast, Felix ^b  

^a Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GIS; Hedonic pricing; Landscape amenities; Multicollinearity; Valuation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; NOISE POLLUTION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE VALUATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; HEDONIC PRICING; HEDONIC PRICING ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE AMENITIES; MULTICOLLINEARITY; RELIABLE ESTIMATES;

COSTS;

AMENITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GIS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERIURBAN AREA; POWER LINE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RENTAL SECTOR; SUBURBAN AREA; TYPOLOGY; URBAN AREA; VALUATION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84928989694     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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