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Environmental Value Transfer: Issues and Methods pp 45–75Cite as

Transferring Landscape Values: How And How Accurately?

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  1. Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

    Ståle Navrud (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  2. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania

    Richard Ready (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

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Santos, J.M.L. (2007). Transferring Landscape Values: How And How Accurately?. In: Navrud, S., Ready, R. (eds) Environmental Value Transfer: Issues and Methods. The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5405-X_4

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