Valuing urban open space using the travel-cost method and the implications of measurement error

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 198, Issue , 2017, Pages 50-65

  Hanauer, Merlin M ^a   Reid, John ^b  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Conservation Strategy Fund ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Access value; Bias; Econometrics; Google maps; Survey; Taylor mountain

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; ECONOMICS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PARKS; STATISTICS; SURVEYING;

ACCESS VALUE; BIAS; ECONOMETRIC; GOOGLE MAPS; MAPPING METHOD; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS; TAYLOR MOUNTAIN; TRAVEL COST METHOD; TRAVEL COSTS;

TRAVEL TIME;

ACCESSIBILITY; COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERNET; OPEN SPACE; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VALUATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

CALIFORNIA; CONSUMER; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; TRAVEL; WELFARE; CITY; COST; ECONOMICS; URBANIZATION;

ALASKA; CALIFORNIA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; SANTA ROSA; SONOMA COUNTY; TAYLOR MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CITIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; TRAVEL; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85019078464     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.05.005     Document Type: Article

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