Does happiness data say urban parks are worth it?

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 178, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-11

  Kim, Danya ^a   Jin, Jangik ^a  

^a Korea Culture Tourism Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Happiness; Seoul; Urban park; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SURVEYS;

COMMUNITY COHESIONS; HAPPINESS; HIGH-DENSITY CITIES; MARGINAL RATE OF SUBSTITUTIONS; SEOUL; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; URBAN PARKS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ECONOMICS;

GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; PARK DESIGN; PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SURVEY METHOD; URBAN PLANNING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 85047558928     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.05.010     Document Type: Article

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