Protest response and contingent valuation of an urban forest park in Fuzhou City, China

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 29, Issue , 2018, Pages 68-76

  Chen, Bixia ^a   Qi, Xinhua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China's urban forest park; Contingent valuation method; Socio demographic features; Urban recreation; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONTINGENT VALUATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FACILITY LOCATION; FOREST; GREENSPACE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SERVICE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHINA; FUJIAN; FUZHOU;

EID: 85033565200     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2017.11.005     Document Type: Article

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