Measuring the social recreation per-day net benefit of the wildlife amenities of a national park: A count-data travel-cost approach

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 920-932

  Mendes, Isabel ^a   Proença, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Count data models; Social recreation benefits; Travel cost; Wildlife amenities

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER SURPLUS; COUNT-DATA MODELS; DEMAND FUNCTION; MEASURE PRECISION; NATIONAL PARKS; NATURE-BASED TOURISM; SIMULATION METHODS; SOCIAL RECREATION BENEFITS; TIME COST; TIME TRAVEL; TRAVEL COSTS; WILDLIFE AMENITIES;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; ESTIMATION; FERRY BOATS; FUNCTIONS; MODELS; PARKS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AMENITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; NATIONAL PARK; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONSUMER SURPLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COUNT DATA TRAVEL COST APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; MEASUREMENT; NATIONAL PARK; POLICY; PORTUGAL; RECREATION; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOURISM; TRAVEL; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PORTUGAL; RECREATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAVEL;

PENEDA-GERES NATIONAL PARK; PORTUGAL;

EID: 80054760110     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9733-1     Document Type: Article

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