Valuing ecosystem resilience

Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-31

  Scheufele, Gabriela ^a   Bennett, Jeff ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

discrete choice experiment; ecosystem resilience; willingness to pay space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958247259     PISSN: 21606544     EISSN: 21606552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21606544.2011.640856     Document Type: Article

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