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In this article we present results from a study of recreation demandfor southern North Carolina beaches. We combine revealed preference andstated preference data in order to estimate the changes in recreation demandthat might occur with beach nourishment and parking improvements necessaryto...
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This paper provides a methodology for the estimation of recreational demand functions and values using an ecoregional approach. Ten ecoregions in the continental US were defined based on similarly functioning ecosystem characters. The individual travel cost method was employed to estimate the...
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A number of studies have applied non-market valuation techniques to measure the value of cultural goods. Virtually all of these studies are single case applications and rely mostly on stated preferences, such as contingent valuation techniques. We compare the relative value of multiple,...
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Diese Doktorarbeit bewertet und analysiert den Wert der Wälder als Erholungsgebiete (Walderholung) in Europa und berücksichtigt dabei Aspekte von Raum und Zeit für die Bewertung bestehender und neuer Wälder. Die Analyse der Werte, die der Walderholung in Europa beigemessen werden, wird...
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Louisiana wetlands require careful management to allow exploitation of non-renewable resources without destroying …
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Wetland mitigation banks are already in existence in the United States, and the number is increasing. To date, most of these banks have been created and operated for mitigation of impacts arising from highway or commercial development and have not been associated with the oil and gas industry....
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's impacts on wetlands and how to manage operations so that impacts can be minimized or eliminated. The objective of the first … assess the floral and faunal communities on existing rights-of-way (ROWs) that pass through numerous types of wetlands across …
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.g., wetlands mitigation banking). The potential for effluent trading in the energy industries and in other sectors would be …
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A new turn in the research agenda of environmental valuation is under way. Rather than treating stated preference (SP) and revealed preference (RP) as competing valuation techniques, analysts have begun to view them as complementary, where the strengths of each approach can be used to provide...
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Human activities have resulted in the loss of about half of the original 221 million acres of wetlands in the …, they encouraged and subsidized the draining and filling of wetlands, the flooding of wetlands behind dams, and the … diversion and alteration of streamflows to riparian wetlands. More recently, federal policies have been directed to conserving …
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