The greener, the happier? The effect of urban land use on residential well-being

Ecological Economics

Volumn 121, Issue , 2016, Pages 117-127

  Krekel, Christian ^a   Kolbe, Jens ^b   Wüstemann, Henry ^b  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abandoned areas; European Urban Atlas; Forests; German Socio Economic Panel; Green urban areas; Life satisfaction; Monetary valuation; Spatial analysis; Urban land use; Waters

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; CURRENCY DEVALUATION; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; GREENSPACE; LAND USE CHANGE; PANEL DATA; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84949034721     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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