Metropolitan residents' preferences and willingness to pay for a life zone forest for mitigating heat island effects during summer season in Korea

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Kim, Dong Hyeon ^a   Ahn, Byeong Il ^b   Kim, Eui Gyeong ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Heat island; Non market goods; Urban forests; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT ISLAND; METROPOLITAN AREA; MITIGATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC GOODS; RESIDENT POPULATION; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SUMMER; URBAN FORESTRY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

KOREA;

EID: 85000916489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8111155     Document Type: Article

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