Shoreline change, seawalls, and coastal property values

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 185-193

  Jin, Di ^a   Hoagland, Porter ^a   Au, Donna K ^a   Qiu, Jun ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal property values; Hedonic pricing model; Seawalls; Shoreline change

Indexed keywords

EROSION; HAZARDS;

CLOSE PROXIMITY; ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES; HEDONIC PRICING MODELS; PROPERTY VALUE; PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES; RISKS OF EXPOSURE; SHORELINE CHANGE; STRUCTURAL PROTECTION;

RETAINING WALLS;

COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCEANIC FRONT; SHORELINE CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934276195     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.06.025     Document Type: Article

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