Valuing the health benefits of physical activities in the marine environment and their importance for marine spatial planning

Marine Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 144-152

  Papathanasopoulou, Eleni ^a   White, Mathew P ^b   Hattam, Caroline ^a   Lannin, Aisling ^c   Harvey, Andrea ^a   Spencer, Anne ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Marine Management Organisation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic physical activities; Health benefits; Marine spatial planning; Metabolic equivalent of task (MET); Quality adjusted life year (QALY); Valuation

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPATIAL PLANNING; VALUATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84946196965     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.10.009     Document Type: Article

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