Hedonic pricing analysis of the influence of urban green spaces onto residential prices: the case of Leipzig, Germany

European Planning Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 133-157

  Liebelt, Veronika ^a,b   Bartke, Stephan ^a,c   Schwarz, Nina ^a,d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c German Environment Agency   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ecosystem services; Hedonic pricing; housing market; regression analysis; urban green spaces; valuation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VALUATION;

GERMANY; LEIPZIG; SAXONY;

EID: 85029542134     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2017.1376314     Document Type: Article

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