Amenity values of spatial configurations of forest landscapes over space and time in the Southern Appalachian Highlands

Seong-Hoon Cho (), SeungGyu Kim, Roland Roberts and Suhyun Jung

Ecological Economics, 2009, vol. 68, issue 10, 2646-2657

Abstract: This research analyzes amenity values of spatial configurations of forest landscapes over space and time in the Southern Appalachian Highlands using geographically weighted regression (GWR) in a hedonic housing-price framework with a census-block group (CBG) dataset. Results show that housing-price response to mean forest-patch size and forest-patch density increased substantially between 1990 and 2000 in a few specific areas with economically significant amenity values. The spatial and temporal dynamics of the resulting amenity-value estimates are evaluated for potential use as site-selection indicators for implementation of forest conservation programs.

Keywords: Geographically; weighed; regression; Hedonic; analysis; Southern; Appalachian; Highlands; Spatial; configuration; of; forest; landscape (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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