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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Recreation Demand"”.
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Essays on heterogeneity in outdoor recreation demand and climate change’s impact on agriculture
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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How do the Public's Environmental Attitudes affect Recreation Demand for National Forests and Grassland in the Southwest?
… the effect that attitudes have on changes to recreation fees. Although there is research on the effect of environmental attitudes on willingness-to-pay for environmental goods (e.g., Spash 2000; Spash 2006; Ojea and Loureiro 2007), little work has been done on analyzing the effect that …
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Planning for the Future in the Face of Climate Change Uncertainty: Three Econometric Techniques Applied to the Challenges Facing Energy, Water, and Recreation Demand
… to estimate the effect of temperature on visitor recreation choices around Lake Tahoe. It is then shown that under climate scenarios the demand for beach and water access at Lake Tahoe will greatly increase, which suggests that lake managers begin to plan regulations and build infrastructure to …
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A study of Blue Ridge Parkway use by area residents with the development of a demand model
… of local Parkway use and to develop a demand model of local use based on the findings. The results should provide Parkway managers with information needed to more adequately serve the recreation needs of the local population. Most of the information presented in this study was collected …
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Essays in Suface Water Quality Valuation
… In the second essay, I integrate a coastal recreation demand model for Southern New England with property sales in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to estimate the impacts of water quality improvements for freshwater and saltwater resources throughout the region. While traditional hedonic …
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Examining the Influence of Landscape on Natural Resource Management in the American West: A Geospatial Approach
… is discussed. The third chapter examines demand for forest recreation in a National Forest between 2005 and 2010 with a spatial travel cost model that accounts for landscape effects associated with an individuals home residence. Willingness to pay for access to the forest declined in real …
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The Value of Wildlife Watching Recreation and Techniques for Addressing Nonresponse in Nonmarket Valuation Surveys
… dissertation, the value of wildlife watching recreation is used as the context for exploring different modeling approaches available for combining data from nonmarket valuation surveys such as the travel cost method (TCM) and contingent valuation method (CVM). Another topic explored in this …