Amenity, accessibility and housing values in metropolitan USA: A study of Salt Lake County, Utah

Cities

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 113-125

  Li, Han ^a   Wei, Yehua Dennis ^a   Yu, Zhou ^a   Tian, Guang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Amenity; Hedonic model; Housing value; Salt Lake

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AMENITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FOREST COVER; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRICE DETERMINATION; URBAN HOUSING;

SALT LAKE COUNTY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84978086912     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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