Recreation Economic Values for Estimating Outdoor Recreation Economic Benefits From the National Forest System
Natural resource professionals are often tasked with weighing the benefits and costs of changes in ecosystem services associated with land management alternatives and decisions. In many cases, federal regulations even require land managers and planners to account for these values explicitly. Outdoor recreation is a key ecosystem service provided by national forests and grasslands, and one of significant interest to the public. This report presents the most recent update of the Recreation Use Values Database, based on an exhaustive review of economic studies spanning 1958 to 2015 conducted in the United States and Canada, and provides the most up-todate recreation economic values available. When combined with data pertaining to recreation activities and the quantity of recreation use, the recreation economic values can be used for estimating the economic benefits of outdoor recreation. The recreation economic value estimates provided in this report, whether from past research literature or from values constructed using our meta-analysis benefit function, are average consumer surplus per person per activity day.
- Εκδότης: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
- Δημιουργός: Randall S. Rosenberger, Eric M. White, Jeffrey D. Kline, and Claire Cvitanovich
- Πηγή: USDA Forest Service
- Ιστότοπος: https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr957.pdf
- Γλώσσα: Αγγλική
- Άδεια Χρήσης: Ελεύθερη χρήση/διανομή (public domain - open access)
- Έτος: 2017
- Βιβλιογραφία: Rosenberger Randall S., White Eric M., Kline Jeffrey D. and Cvitanovich Claire. 2017. Recreation economic values for estimating outdoor recreation economic benefits from the National Forest System. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNWGTR-957. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 33 p.
