Simulating changes in forest recreation demand and associated economic impacts due to fire and fuels management activities

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-66

  Starbuck, C Meghan ^a   Berrens, Robert P ^a   McKee, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent behavior; Fire; Fuels management; Input Output model; Regional economic impacts; Travel cost method

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT BEHAVIOR; FUELS MANAGEMENT; INPUT-OUTPUT MODELS; REGIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS; TRAVEL COST METHOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FIRES; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATION;

EID: 30644467491     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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