An economic valuation of urban green spaces in Kuala Lumpur City

Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 469-490

  Nur Syafiqah, A S ^a   Abdul Rahim, A S ^a   Mohd Johari, M Y ^a   Tanaka, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic valuation; Geographically weighted regression model; Hedonic pricing model; Urban green space

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045517196     PISSN: 01287702     EISSN: 22318534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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