Chapter 2 of "The Valuation of Ecosystem Services from Farms and Forests: Informing a system... more Chapter 2 of "The Valuation of Ecosystem Services from Farms and Forests: Informing a systematic approach to quantifying benefits of conservation programs"
Climate change is increasingly recognized as a major factor that may influence the recreational u... more Climate change is increasingly recognized as a major factor that may influence the recreational use of outdoor environments. Despite awareness of the pervasive effects of climate change, its effects on outdoor recreation have only recently been studied in detail. In this study we consider an economic framework that allows the modeling of the direct and indirect effects of climate change on users of recreation resources, via the impacts on natural resources upon which outdoor recreation depends. We also present a brief summary of selected empirical results bearing on climate-sensitive recreational activities. With the relatively small increases in temperature that are likely from near-term climate change, the number of people partaking in certain outdoor recreational activities-such as boating, golfing and beach recreation-is expected to increase by 14 to 36%. Numbers partaking in other activities-most notably snow sports like skiing-will likely fall. We discuss critical areas of future research that are needed to provide more detailed estimates of changes in recreation activities (along with associated economic effects) that are likely to arise from climate change in the future.
Perfoming a benefit cost analysis of changes in instream flow requires knowledge of how the deman... more Perfoming a benefit cost analysis of changes in instream flow requires knowledge of how the demand function shifts with changes in flow or flow related variables, such as fish catch. This paper presents a simultaneous system of demand and production equations that explicitly incorporates an instream flow variable. With this simultaneous system, the effect on recreationists' benefits of a change in iwtream flow can be directly measured. The Travel Cost Model demand equation includes the level of fish catch as the quality variable, that is, in turn, a function or river flow. The case study modeled this relationship between river flow and fishing trips to the North Fork of California's Feather River.
We describe a method to determine the net economic gain from conducting original research to esti... more We describe a method to determine the net economic gain from conducting original research to estimate non-market benefits of public policy and demonstrate an application of this method. We provide a step-wise method to allow policy practitioners to make informed decisions about when there are expected net benefits to conducting or contracting for original research to estimate the benefits of a policy decision.
Chapter 2 of "The Valuation of Ecosystem Services from Farms and Forests: Informing a system... more Chapter 2 of "The Valuation of Ecosystem Services from Farms and Forests: Informing a systematic approach to quantifying benefits of conservation programs"
Climate change is increasingly recognized as a major factor that may influence the recreational u... more Climate change is increasingly recognized as a major factor that may influence the recreational use of outdoor environments. Despite awareness of the pervasive effects of climate change, its effects on outdoor recreation have only recently been studied in detail. In this study we consider an economic framework that allows the modeling of the direct and indirect effects of climate change on users of recreation resources, via the impacts on natural resources upon which outdoor recreation depends. We also present a brief summary of selected empirical results bearing on climate-sensitive recreational activities. With the relatively small increases in temperature that are likely from near-term climate change, the number of people partaking in certain outdoor recreational activities-such as boating, golfing and beach recreation-is expected to increase by 14 to 36%. Numbers partaking in other activities-most notably snow sports like skiing-will likely fall. We discuss critical areas of future research that are needed to provide more detailed estimates of changes in recreation activities (along with associated economic effects) that are likely to arise from climate change in the future.
Perfoming a benefit cost analysis of changes in instream flow requires knowledge of how the deman... more Perfoming a benefit cost analysis of changes in instream flow requires knowledge of how the demand function shifts with changes in flow or flow related variables, such as fish catch. This paper presents a simultaneous system of demand and production equations that explicitly incorporates an instream flow variable. With this simultaneous system, the effect on recreationists' benefits of a change in iwtream flow can be directly measured. The Travel Cost Model demand equation includes the level of fish catch as the quality variable, that is, in turn, a function or river flow. The case study modeled this relationship between river flow and fishing trips to the North Fork of California's Feather River.
We describe a method to determine the net economic gain from conducting original research to esti... more We describe a method to determine the net economic gain from conducting original research to estimate non-market benefits of public policy and demonstrate an application of this method. We provide a step-wise method to allow policy practitioners to make informed decisions about when there are expected net benefits to conducting or contracting for original research to estimate the benefits of a policy decision.
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