Evaluating Revealed Preferences for Street Tree Cover Targets: A Business Case for Collaborative Investment in Leafier Streetscapes in Brisbane, Australia

Ecological Economics

Volumn 134, Issue , 2017, Pages 238-249

  Plant, Lyndal ^a   Rambaldi, Alicia ^a   Sipe, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOMEOWNERSHIP; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUSTAINABILITY; TREE; TREE PLANTING; URBAN FORESTRY; VEGETATION COVER; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; QUEENSLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85012237659     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.12.026     Document Type: Article

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