Application of the travel cost method for the valuation of the Poseidon temple in Sounio, Greece

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 567-574

  Tourkolias, Christos ^a   Skiada, Theodora ^a   Mirasgedis, Sebastian ^b   Diakoulaki, Danae ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cultural heritage; Greece; Recreational value; Travel cost method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930726322     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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