maharloo lake, located at 23 kilometers from shiraz, has high value for local people and passengers due to its mild weather and natural interests. studying recreational values of this place is necessary to predict needs, remove scarcities and tourism development. the aim of this research is to estimate the outdoor recreational value of maharloo lake with the use of contingent valuation method. ...

Using renewable energy for domestic consumption has been identified as a key strategy by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Critical to the success of this strategy is to know whether consumers are willing to pay to increase the proportion of electricity generated from renewable energy in their electricity portfolio. There are a number of studies i...

background: almost one third of the global population is living in developing south asia where disease occurrence is high especially in rural areas and people are unaware of water-borne diseases and cost of illness. methods: the quantitative approach involved questionnaire based study (n=50 households). the community awareness, the occurrence of water-borne diseases with related cost of illness...

the purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which brand experience affects brand credit, brand attitude, and customer-based brand equity. by five-point likert scale, the data will be collected through questionnaire filled by 385 students in islamic azad university-firouzkouh branch using samsung, apple, nokia, sony, sony ericsson, and lg cell phones. lisrel is used to test researc...

OBJECTIVE Household willingness to pay for treatment provides important information for programme planning. We tested for relationships between socioeconomic status, risk of trachoma, perceptions of the effects of azithromycin, and the household willingness to pay for future mass treatment with azithromycin. METHODS We surveyed 394 households in 6 villages located in central United Republic o...