Recreation economic values for estimating outdoor recreation economic benefits from the National Forest System

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall S. Rosenberger ◽  
Eric M. White ◽  
Jeffrey D. Kline ◽  
Claire Cvitanovich
Keyword(s):  
Outdoor Recreation ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Economic Values

scholarly journals Equity in Access to Outdoor Recreation—Informing a Sustainable Future

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Patricia L. Winter ◽  
William D. Crano ◽  
Tatiana Basáñez ◽  
Christopher S. Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Outdoor Recreation ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
Information Source ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Diverse Population ◽  
Racially Diverse ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Equity In Access ◽  
Forest Visitation

Despite an increasingly ethnically and racially diverse population in the United States (U.S.), growing evidence indicates that minorities are underrepresented in national forest visitation. Many reasons for continuing underrepresentation have been examined, involving research reaching back multiple decades. In the current study, a random sample of residents (n = 1977) from four large metropolitan statistical areas in California was involved in a telephone survey about forest visitation. Analysis revealed a continuing pattern of inequities in lifetime visitation to a national forest, as well as recency of visitation. Constraints to national forest visitation show similarities among groups. Lack of time was the most often mentioned constraint, with resource-related constraints more frequently cited by minority respondents. In contrast to prior studies, a lack of information or concerns about discrimination were not cited by survey respondents, though the open-ended approach to top constraints may underpin some of this variation from prior research. The primary information source for outdoor recreation used most frequently and most trusted was the Internet, followed closely by social networks (family and friends). In the presentation of U.S. outdoor recreation information, natural resource management agencies, use groups, and opportunity providers would benefit from incorporating culturally relevant messaging and images to affirm the message of inclusion and welcome.

Blazing Golf Trails in Wisconsin: Attracting Avid Golf Travelers to the State

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-28
Author(s):  
Michael T. Manion ◽  
Peter Knight ◽  
Brenda Hayden Sheets ◽  
Norman O’Reilly
Keyword(s):  
Outdoor Recreation ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
The State ◽  
Secondary Market ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Target Market ◽  
Interstate Highway System ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Golf Travelers

Chip Jahne loves the challenge of the game of golf and his career in the industry. A young executive at the Wisconsin Alliance for Golf (WAG), he has only two weeks to prepare and present well-reasoned arguments to the WAG Board for designing and implementing state golf trails. The great advantage to Wisconsin of a sponsored golf trail is that it attracts tourists to travel, to stay overnight while playing multiple days, and to spend not only on greens fees, but also on lodging, food, and beverage in the state. To prepare his case, he accesses secondary market research and conducts demographic and psychographic analyses. He realizes that extending the target market to nearby out-of-state population centers depends on funding from the state department of tourism. He preliminarily designs three golf trail options for the state and contemplates the use of social media as promotion tools. Wisconsin has three resources necessary for successful golf trails: 40 or more high-quality public access golf facilities, an excellent reputation as a state for outdoor recreation, and an interstate highway system connecting population centers to tourism destinations. The missing ingredient is a consensus by the interested stakeholders on how and when to take advantage of these resources for their mutual benefit. Chip recognizes that the economic benefits to golf trail participants will depend on his tourist projections and financial forecasts, so his design must seek to maximize them.

scholarly journals VALUASI EKONOMI MANFAAT LANGSUNG DAN TIDAK LANGSUNG KAWASAN WADUK MALAHAYU, KABUPATEN BREBES

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-126
Author(s):  
Sofiana Sofiana ◽  
Anhar Solichin ◽  
Dian Wijayanto
Keyword(s):  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Economic Values ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Indirect Benefits ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Production Approach

ABSTRAK Waduk Malahayu merupakan waduk yang mempunyai peranan penting baik bagi warga masyarakat sekitar maupun bagi pemerintah Kabupaten Brebes. Hal ini dikarenakan warga masyrakat memanfaatkan Waduk Malahayu sebagai alat pemenuh kebutuhan mereka seperti kegiatan perikanan tangkap, kegiatan pariwisata, kegiatan penggunaan air bersih, kegiatan transportasi waduk dan kegiatan irigasi sawah. Oleh karena itu Waduk Malahayu menjadi waduk yang perlu dilestarikan keberadaannya untuk menjaga sumberdaya yang mempunyai nilai ekonomi tersebut. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan Januari-Februari 2016 di Waduk Malahayu yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui secara ekonomi nilai manfaat langsung kawasan Waduk Malahayu dan secara ekonomi manfaat tidak langsung kawasan Waduk Malahayu. Metode yang digunakan yaitu metode penilaian harga pasar untuk sektor perikanan tangkap, metode biaya perjalanan untuk sektor pariwisata, metode Effect on Production Approach(EOP) untuk sektor air bersih dan metode Contingent Valuation Method(CVM) untuk sektor irigasi. Metode penentuan responden menggunakan teknik purposive sampling untuk perikanan tangkap, convenience sampling untuk pariwisata, cluster sampling untuk air bersih, sensus dan convenience sampling untuk transportasi serta purposive sampling untuk irigasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan nilai ekonomi manfaat langsung sektor perikanan tangkap yaitu sebesar Rp. 1.369.180.000/tahun, sektor pariwisata yaitu Rp. 3.542.398.400/tahun, sektor air bersih sebesar Rp. 210.360.000/tahun dan sektor transportasi sebesar Rp. 375.407.002/tahun. total nilai ekonomi manfaat langsung yaitu Rp. 5.497.345.402/tahun. Nilai ekonomi manfaat tidak langsung yaitu dari sektor irigasi mempunyai Nilai ekonomi sebesar Rp. 1.101.500.000/tahun. Kata Kunci : Valuasi Ekonomi; Manfaat Langsung; Manfaat Tidak Langsung; Waduk  ABSTRACT Malahayu reservoir is a reservoir that has an important role both for the citizens and the government around Brebes. This is because citizens of the community utilizing Malahayu Reservoir as a means of fulfilling their needs as the activities of fisheries, tourism, fresh water, transportation reservoirs and irrigated rice fields plantation. Therefore Reservoir Malahayu into reservoirs that need to be preserved its existence to keep the resources which have economic values. The study was conducted in January-February 2016 in Reservoir Malahayu which aims to determine the economic values of the direct and indirect economic benefits of Malahayu Reservoir area. The method used are the market price valuation method for the fisheries sector, method of travel costs for the tourism sector, the method Effect on Production Approach (EOP) for the water sector and the methods of Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) for the irrigation sector. The method to determine the respondents used purposive sampling techniques for capture fisheries, convenience sampling for tourism, cluster sampling for clean water, census and convenience sampling for transporationt as well as purposive sampling for irrigation. The results showed the economic values of direct benefit fisheries sector is IDR 1,369,180,000 per year , the tourism sector is IDR 3,542,398,400/year, water sector amounting to IDR 210,360,000 per year and the transportation sector amounted to IDR 375,407,002 per year. The total values of the direct economic benefits of IDR 5,497, 345, 402 per year. The economic values of the indirect benefits of the irrigation sector that has economic values of IDR 1,101,500,000per year. Keywords: Economic Valuation, Benefits Direct, Indirect Benefits, Malahayu Reservoirs

National Parks in Developed Countries

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Richardson ◽  
Bruce Peacock
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Economic Values ◽  
Wide Range

Economics plays an important role not only in the management of national parks in developed countries, but also in demonstrating the contribution of these areas to societal well-being. The beneficial effect of park tourism on jobs and economic activity in communities near these protected areas has at times been a factor in their establishment. These economic impacts continue to be highlighted as a way to demonstrate the benefit and return on investment of national parks to local economies. However, the economic values supported by national parks extend far beyond local economic benefits. Parks provide unique recreation opportunities, health benefits, preservation of wildlife and habitat, and a wide range of ecosystem services that the public assigns an economic value to. In addition, value is derived from the existence of national parks and their preservation for future generations. These nonmarket benefits can be difficult to quantify, but they are essential for understanding and communicating the economic importance of parks. Economic methods used to estimate these values have been refined and tested for nearly seven decades, and they have come a long way in helping to elucidate the extent of the nonmarket benefits of protected areas. In many developed countries, national parks have regulations and policies that outline a framework for the consideration of economic values in decision-making contexts. For instance, large oil spills in the United States, such as the Exxon Valdez spill of 1989 and the Deepwater Horizon spill of 2010, highlighted the need to better understand public values for affected park resources, leading to the extensive use of nonmarket values in natural resource damage assessments. Of course, rules and enforcement issues vary widely across countries, and the potential for economics to inform the day-to-day operations of national parks is much broader than what is currently outlined in such policies. While economics is only one piece of the puzzle in managing national parks, it provides a valuable tool for evaluating resource tradeoffs and for incorporating public preferences into the decision-making process, leading to greater transparency and assurance that national parks are managed for the benefit of society. Understanding the full extent of the economic benefits supported by national parks helps to further the mission of these protected areas in developed countries.

Relative Economic Values of Open Space Provided by National Forest and Military Lands to Surrounding Communities

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Ham ◽  
John B. Loomis ◽  
Patricia A. Champ
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Economic Values

scholarly journals Using Satellite Image Fusion to Evaluate the Impact of Land Use Changes on Ecosystem Services and Their Economic Values

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 851
Author(s):  
Wang Shuangao ◽  
Rajchandar Padmanaban ◽  
Aires A. Mbanze ◽  
João M. N. Silva ◽  
Mohamed Shamsudeen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Landscape Patterns ◽  
Landscape Diversity ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Economic Values ◽  
Lulc Changes ◽  
The Impact

Accelerated land use change is a current challenge for environmental management worldwide. Given the urgent need to incorporate economic and ecological goals in landscape planning, cost-effective conservation strategies are required. In this study, we validated the benefit of fusing imagery from multiple sensors to assess the impact of landscape changes on ecosystem services (ES) and their economic values in the Long County, Shaanxi Province, China. We applied several landscape metrics to assess the local spatial configuration over 15 years (2004–2019) from fused imageries. Using Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+), Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite System Linear Imaging Self Scanning Sensor 3 (IRS LISS 3) imageries fused for 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019, we reclassified land use/land cover (LULC) changes, through the rotation forest (RF) machine-learning algorithm. We proposed an equivalent monetary metric for estimating the ES values, which also could be used in the whole China. Results showed that agriculture farmland and unused land decreased their spatial distribution over time, with an observed increase on woodland, grassland, water bodies and built-up area. Our findings suggested that the patterns of landscape uniformity and connectivity improved, while the distribution of landscape types stabilized, while the landscape diversity had a slight improvement. The overall ES values increased (4.34%) under a benefit transfer approach, mainly concerning woodland and grassland. A sensitivity analysis showed the selected economic value (EV) was relevant and suitable for the study area associated with our ES for LULC changes. We suggested that changes in landscape patterns affected the ESV trends, while the increases on some LULC classes slightly improved the landscape diversity. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we recommend that local authorities and environmental practitioners should balance the economic benefits and ecological gains in different landscapes to achieve a sustainable development from local to regional scales.

Social values and the contingent nature of public opinion and attitudes about forests

2003 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 692-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
D B Tindall
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Outdoor Recreation ◽  
World View ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Future Research ◽  
World Views ◽  
Economic Values ◽  
Forest Practices ◽  
Forest Values ◽  
Aesthetic Values

In recent years there has been considerable emphasis placed upon the importance of understanding "forest values." This article has two interrelated objectives: 1) to provide a discussion of some of the methodological issues to be considered in conducting social survey research on forest values, opinions, and attitudes; 2) to provide an analysis that illustrates how values underlie opinions and attitudes about clearcutting and visual quality. In the first part of this paper a critical overview of using social science to investigate forest values is undertaken. For illustrative purposes, aesthetic values, clearcutting, and visual aspects of forest management are focussed upon. The concept of "values" is critically examined. The importance of understanding the connection between values and opinions/attitudes is discussed. Some problems with defining "the public" are described, and the need to explore intergroup differences with regard to environmental issues is stressed. In part two of the paper an analysis of empirical data is provided to demonstrate: 1) the relationship between abstract forest values (e.g., aesthetic values) and opinions about more specific forest practices (e.g., clearcutting, the creation of visual corridors); 2) the ways in which abstract forest values are associated with world views that structure opinions and attitudes about forest management (e.g., ecological, outdoor recreation experiences, and aesthetic values are part of a non-material forest values world view, while economic values are part of an economic values and community sustainability world view). It does this by providing a series of bivariate and multivariate analyses looking at the effects of abstract forest values, and world views upon opinions/attitudes about visual forest management (while controlling for other factors—such as socio-economic and demographic variables). Implications of these results for future research, and for forest managers, planners, and policy makers is also briefly discussed. Key words: values, attitudes, opinions, world views, sociology, survey methods

A FRAMEWORK FOR IDENTIFYING ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND BENEFICIARIES OF OUTDOOR RECREATION

1987 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Stoll ◽  
John B. Loomis ◽  
John C. Bergstrom
Keyword(s):  
Outdoor Recreation ◽  
Economic Benefits

The Delivery of Semiprimitive Outdoor Recreation Opportunities on the Chattahoochee National Forest and Variations in Timber Demand

1988 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 246-252
Author(s):  
Martin R. Botkin ◽  
Hugh A. Devine
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Outdoor Recreation ◽  
Timber Harvest ◽  
Forest Planning ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Planning Model ◽  
Harvest Management ◽  
Recreation Opportunities ◽  
Chattahoochee National Forest ◽  
Recreation Resources

Abstract The Chattahoochee Forest Planning Model was modified to include semiprimitive nontimber harvest management prescriptions that equalled the maximum annual production of recreation visitor days of the existing timber harvest prescriptions. The present net value formulation was resolved to determine if the inclusion of the nontimber harvest prescriptions would affect the model's allocation of semiprimitive outdoor recreation resources. The revised model was also subjected to a series of resource allocation sensitivity simulations in which the estimates of future timber demand were varied. The allocation of semiprimitive outdoor recreation resources was influenced by the new prescription only when timber demand was less than 100% of the current timber demand estimate. Actual maximum acreage allocation of semiprimitive resources was achieved when timber demand was 75% of the existing estimate. Doubling the timber demand estimate did not decrease the acres allocated to the semiprimitive resource on the Chattahoochee National Forest. South J. Appl. For. 12(4):246-252

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