Identifying Societal Preferences for River Restoration in a Densely Populated Urban Environment: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment in Central Brussels.
One of the major challenges facing river restoration in densely populated urban areas has been the disparity between the expectations of policy-makers and societal preferences. This study aimed to elicit public preferences and elucidate underlying sources of preference heterogeneity, using the Zenne...
| Publicado en: | Environmental Management Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 263 - 280 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Aug2017
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