The economic benefits and costs of trees in urban forest stewardship: A systematic review

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 29, Issue , 2018, Pages 162-170

  Song, Xiao Ping ^a,b   Tan, Puay Yok ^a   Edwards, Peter ^b   Richards, Daniel ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b FUTURE CITIES LABORATORY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Cost effectiveness; Ecosystem service valuation; Forest resource; Street tree; Urban tree

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST RESOURCE; INVESTMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; REGULATORY APPROACH; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 85037689500     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2017.11.017     Document Type: Review

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