The amenity value of Abu Dhabi's coastal and marine resources to its beach visitors

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 32-41

  Blignaut, James ^a   Mander, Myles ^b   Inglesi Lotz, Roula ^a   Glavan, Jane ^c   Parr, Stephen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b FutureWorks ^*  (South Africa)

^c Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI)   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Hyder Consulting Middle East Ltd   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Abu Dhabi; Amenity values; Beach visitors; Coastal and marine resources; Willingness to accept; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964873518     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.04.005     Document Type: Article

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