Impact of urban landscape and environmental externalities on spatial differentiation of housing prices in Yangzhou City

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1122-1136

  Wang, Yang ^a   Zhao, Lingling ^a,b   Sobkowiak, Leszek ^c   Guan, Xingliang ^d   Wang, Shaojian ^e  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d National Academy for Mayors of China   (China)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

environment; GDI index; hedonic price method; housing prices; natural landscape; spatial differentiation; Yangzhou

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937552717     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-015-1223-6     Document Type: Article

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