Environmental value of green spaces in Japan: An application of the life satisfaction approach

Ecological Economics

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Tsurumi, Tetsuya ^a   Managi, Shunsuke ^b  

^a NANZAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental evaluation; Green; Instrumental variable; Life satisfaction approach

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; GREENSPACE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

JAPAN;

EID: 84945175488     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.09.023     Document Type: Article

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