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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"amenity value"”.
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The Amenity Value of Trees: a Meta-analysis of Hedonic, Property-value Studies
… tree migration. Numerous hedonic property value studies have estimated the implicit price of tree amenities associated with residential properties. Quantitative analysis of the results from multiple studies valuing trees can identify if the relationship between implicit price and tree …
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Three essays on forestry economics and management
… disturbance literature by considering the amenity value of unharvested forests in addition to timber value. As before, multiple types of disturbances as well as flexible harvest timing are incorporated into a Hartmann-type framework. Alternative amenity functions are employed in the …
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Three Essays on Labor and Personality
… the estimated model we try to disentangle the amenity value of daylight from social interaction effects.
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Physical Space in Retail Digitalisation: An Investigation into How Experiential Consumption and Spatial Organisation is Reconfiguring the Retail Value Chain
… the roles played by physical space, such as amenity value for experience, communication and product/service delivery in the wider context of retail value chain. We know less about why some retailers can take advantage of physical stores and why some shopping areas work better in the trend of …
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Grazing in the urban environment : An economic and social appraisal of conservation grazing schemes.
… the public perception of grazing and the added amenity value that may be associated with the use of livestock.The current perception of grazing in the urban fringe is discussed. In particular, attention is drawn to the potential impact of expected declines in grazing and changes in agricultural …
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Three essays on public policy and safety
… Research on public goods generally considers the value of individual public goods in isolation, when in fact there may be strong complementarities between them. Cross-sectional, difference-in-difference, and instrumental-variable estimates from Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia all indicate that …
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Optimal Land Use for Watershed Management—a Case Study in the Feitsui Watershed
… I find that the willingness to pay for farmland amenity is above the profit of agricultural output. Ignoring this amenity value could result in an inappropriate watershed resource allocation. For the best land allocation of the Feitsui Watershed, I argue that the public good nature of land should …
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A methodology for the effective evaluation of the performance of wastewater systems
… new information is presented in the form of value functions associated with the areas of concern under evaluation.<br/><br/>Holistic computer modelling of drainage catchments may seem theoretically viable but the work carried out has highlighted that there are severe limitations associated …
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Capitalization of Environmental Amenities and Wildfire in Private Home Values of the Wildland Urban Interface of Northwest Montana, USA
… accommodated residential structure and timber values. However, society derives many non-market benefits from publicly managed WUI areas, including recreation and aesthetically pleasing vistas, which are affected by wildfire management. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of …
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Capitalization of Environmental Amenities and Wildfire in Private Home Values of the Wildland Urban Interface of Northwest Montana, USA
… accommodated residential structure and timber values. However, society derives many non-market benefits from publicly managed WUI areas, including recreation and aesthetically pleasing vistas, which are affected by wildfire management. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of …
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Environmentally-sensitive river management : assessment and mitigation of impacts on urban rivers
… ecologically and in terms of their potential amenity value. This dissertation explores the reasons for this "spiral of degradation" and it describes the ecological and social impacts on rivers caused by urban development, channelisation and canalisation. It then suggests possible measures to …
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An investigation of the pollution contribution of catchments surrounding the Knysna Estuary, with implications for stormwater management
… by the estuary include significant biodiversity value and amenity value for residents and tourists. The economy of Knysna is reliant on tourism, which in turn is dependent on ecosystem services. The health of the Knysna Estuary is currently threatened by poor water quality. If the water pollution …
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Measuring the impact of climate change on Britain
… variables. An alternative approach to estimating amenity values is to argue that households respond in part to differing levels of environmental amenities by altering their patterns of consumption. This phenomenon can be given a 'Household Production Function' interpretation. Given the assumption …
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Impacts of flood-mediated disturbance on species of High Nature Value farmland
High Nature Value farmland (HNVf) refers to traditional agricultural landscapes which support high levels of biodiversity. HNVf is declining across Europe, through both intensification and abandonment, raising concerns about the conservation of species associated with it. One argument is that such …
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The phosphorus transfer continuum under climate change
… of UK agriculture, the enjoyment and amenity value of our water courses, and avoid large financial costs into the future. I therefore provide a new framework which can be used to aid the challenges which surround the preservation of water quality into the future.