Valuing setting-based recreation for selected visitors to national forests in the southern United States

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 183, Issue , 2016, Pages 972-979

  Sardana, Kavita ^a   Bergstrom, John C ^b   Bowker, J M ^c  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic value; Forest settings; Outdoor recreation; Poisson; Travel costs

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC VALUES; FOREST AREA; FOREST SETTINGS; LOG-NORMAL; NATIONAL FORESTS; OUTDOOR RECREATION; POISSON; RESOURCE MANAGERS; TRAVEL COST METHOD; TRAVEL COSTS;

FORESTRY;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST RESOURCE; POISSON RATIO; PROTECTED AREA; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; VALUATION;

FIREARM; FOREST; HUMAN; MANAGER; RECREATION; STRATIFICATION; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WILDERNESS; CAMPING; COST; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES;

UNITED STATES;

CAMPING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FORESTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RECREATION; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WILDERNESS;

EID: 84992077654     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.09.050     Document Type: Article

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