Predicting house prices is a challenging task that many researchers have attempted to
address. As accurate house prices allow better informing parties in the real estate market …

Understanding the customers' perception of the value of constituent characteristics of a good
is among the key questions in any pricing strategy. Hedonic pricing allows such an analysis …

Abstract Recent floods in America, Europe, Asia and Africa reminded societies across the
world of the need to revisit their climate adaptation strategies. Rapid urbanization coinciding …

Coastal areas around the world are urbanizing rapidly, despite the threat of sea level rise
and intensifying floods. Such development places an increasing number of people and …

Searching for a property is inherently a multicriteria spatial decision. The decision is
primarily based on three high-level criteria composed of household needs, building facilities …

This paper proposes a hedonic regression model to estimate housing prices and the spatial
variability of prices over multiple years. Using the model, maps are obtained that represent …

Understanding and improving how humans adapt to climate change are priorities in our
research community, and coastal settlements are good places to study adaptation. Severe …

Air pollution is one of the hazardous effects of urbanization. Hereby, one the most polluted
cities in Ecuador is the Metropolitan District of Quito (DMQ). This study attempts to determine …

The recent awakening of the Cotopaxi volcano in Ecuador set the conditions to estimate and
verify the possible effects of potential lahars on residential housing unit prices. About …

The reduction in property values following a major flood event is significant to individuals,
communities and governments alike. Property owners who purchase properties just before a …