Remotely sensed proxies for environmental amenities in hedonic analysis: What does “green” mean?

Environmental Valuation: Interregional and Intraregional Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 191-209

  Bark Hodgins, Rosalind H ^a   Osgood, Daniel E ^b   Colby, Bonnie G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 85084614799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781351158961-9     Document Type: Chapter

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