Atlanta households’ willingness to increase urban forests to mitigate climate change

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 22, Issue , 2017, Pages 84-92

  Tran, Yenie Le ^a   Siry, Jacek P ^a   Bowker, J M ^b   Poudyal, Neelam C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Southern Research Station   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation method; Mail survey; Tobit model; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; POPULATION GROWTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN SPRAWL; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013286554     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2017.02.003     Document Type: Article

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