Contingent valuation of urban public space: A case study of Ljubljanica riverbanks

Land Use Policy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 58-67

  Verbič, Miroslav ^a,b   Slabe Erker, Renata ^a,b   Klun, Maja ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Institute for Economic Research ^*  (Slovenia)

^c University of Ljubljana ^*  (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation method; Revenue and consumer surplus; Urban landscape; Urban spatial goods; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN AREA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

LJUBLJANICA RIVER; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84964820282     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.04.033     Document Type: Article

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