Estimating the willingness to pay for green space services in Shanghai: Implications for social equity in urban China

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 26, Issue , 2017, Pages 95-103

  Xiao, Yang ^a   Lu, Yi ^b   Guo, Yan ^c   Yuan, Yuan ^d  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Club goods; Green space; Quantile regression; Shanghai; Social equity; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EQUITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISCAL POLICY; GREENSPACE; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC GOODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 85021284289     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2017.06.007     Document Type: Article

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