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In some respects the idea that the landscape can be priced may appear groundless. The landscape is often associated with cultural and emotional values derived from its aesthetic enjoyment, values which seem absolutely impossible to quantify. On the contrary, several studies both in Italy and abroad have suggested that people have well defined and measurable preferences on rural landscapes (Daniel and Booster 1976; Anderson 1981; Buhyoff et al., 1982; Brown and Daniel, 1986; Gobster and Chenoweth, 1989; Eleftriadis and Tsalikidis, 1990; Brown and Daniel, 1991; Angilieri and Toccolini, 1993; Gregory and Davis, 1993; Tempesta, 1993).
Research supported by the Italian National Research Council, RAISA Project, Sub-Project 1 «Agricultural Systems and Environment», Research Unit of the University of Trieste.
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Tempesta, T. (1998). The Economic Value of Rural Landscape: An Application to the Area Between Isonzo and Tagliamento Rivers (Friuli-Venezia Giulia). In: Bishop, R.C., Romano, D. (eds) Environmental Resource Valuation. Studies in Risk and Uncertainty, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5741-8_11
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