Economic values of metro nature health benefits: A life course approach

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 694-701

  Wolf, Kathleen L ^a   Measells, Marcus K ^b   Grado, Stephen C ^b   Robbins, Alicia S T ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic valuation; Human health; Metro nature; Public health; Urban ecosystem services; Urban forestry; Urban greening

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COST ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GREENSPACE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; NATURAL RESOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN FORESTRY; VALUATION;

EID: 84942567662     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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