Income effects on visitors' decision structure in a suburban natural area

Natalia López-Mosquera and Mercedes Sánchez

Forest Policy and Economics, 2013, vol. 26, issue C, 102-110

Abstract: In view of the increasingly acknowledged importance of the role played by personal values in the value on natural areas, this paper examines the decision structure of suburban natural area users as a function of personal values and income level. The means-end chain technique is used to examine whether green space users reflect their own personal values through the benefits and attributes they perceive in this type of good. The results show key factors to be opportunities for sport and health benefits, improvement of physical and mental well-being and enjoyment of landscape beauty. Other individual values (personal enjoyment, quality of life and a sense of fulfilment) also emerge.

Keywords: Means-end chain theory; Suburban natural area; Personal values; Personal income; Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.07.007

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