The appreciation of nature and landscape by tourism service providers and visitors in the Ore Mountains (Germany)

Landscape Online

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-23

  Bastian, Olaf ^a   Stein, Christian ^b   Lupp, Gerd ^c   Behrens, Jan ^d   Renner, Christina ^a   Grunewald, Karsten ^b  

^a State Capital of Dresden Environmental Authority ^*  (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Landscape attractiveness; Landscape management; Nature tax; Stated preference valuation; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940053168     PISSN: 18651542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3097/LO.201541     Document Type: Article

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