Our study estimates the recreational demand for the Indian Sundarban, which is a World Heritage site and a complex mangrove ecosystem that borders India and Bangladesh. In 2005-06, the Indian Sunderban received some 64,000 visitors, mainly from Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal. Tourism to...

The Diyawanna Oya wetland ecosystem has proven to be an important recreational site in the greater Colombo area in the face of the growing demand for urban recreational amenities. It provides a wide spectrum of use- and non-use benefits, including production, hydrological, and ecological values....

To what extent does information affect the demand for environmental quality? A randomly selected group of households in Gurgaon, India was informed whether (or not) their drinking water had tested positive for fecal contamination using a simple test kit costing less than $0.50. Households that...