The new economics of outdoor recreation / edited by Nick Hanley, W. Douglass Shaw, Robert E. Wright. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanley, Nick.

Shaw, W. Douglass.

Wright, Robert E., 1958-

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Outdoor recreation--Economic aspects.

Outdoor recreation.

Outdoor recreation--Environmental aspects.

Econometrics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 331 p. ) ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham ; Northhampton, Mass. : E. Elgar, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This innovative book presents a series of up-to-date analyses of the economics of outdoor recreation. The distinguished group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems. An extensive introduction by the editors details the historical background of economists' interests in this subject, and reveals how economics can provide practical insights into improving how we manage our natural recreation areas.

Contents:

Introduction / Nick Hanley, W. Douglas Shaw and Robert E. Wright.

Valuing rock climbing and bouldering access / Therese Grijalva and Robert P. Berrens.

Using economic instruments to manage access to rock-climbing sites in the Scottish Highlands / Nick Hanley, Begona Alvarez-Farizo and W. Douglas Shaw.

Valuing recreational resources using choice experiments: mountaineering in Scotland / Nick Hanley and Robert E. Wright.

Are climbers fools? Modeling risky recreation / Paul M. Jakus, Mary Riddel and W. Douglas Shaw.

Non-participation, demand intensity and substitution effects in an integrable demand system: the case of day trips to the North-Eastern Alps / Riccardo Scarpa, Tiziano Tempesta and Mara Thiene.

Modelling choice and switching behaviour between Scottish ski centres / Geoff Riddington, Colin Sinclair and Nicola Milne.

Spatial distribution versus efficiency effects of forest recreation policies using a regional travel cost model / W. George Hutchinson [and others].

Perceptions versus objective measures of environmental quality in combined revealed and stated preference models of environmental valuation / Wiktor Adamowicz [and others].

Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to estimate and transfer recreational demand functions / Ian J. Bateman [and others].

Backcountry recreationists' valuation of forest and park management features in wilderness parks of the Western Canadian shield / Peter C. Boxall, David O. Watson and Jeffrey Englin.

A random utility model of beach recreation / George R. Parsons and D. Matthew Massey.

A finite mixture approach to analyzing income effects in random utility models: reservoir recreation along the Columbia River / J. Scott Shonkwiler and W. Douglas Shaw.

Whalewatching demand and value: estimates from a new 'double-semilog' empirical demand system / Douglas M. Larson and Sabina L. Shaikh.

Estimating recreational trout fishing damages in Montana's Clark Fork River Basin: summary of a natural resource damage assessment / Edward R. Morey.. [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-78195-031-8