The New Economics of Outdoor Recreation - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1840649852 ISBN 13 : 9781840649857

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

This innovative book presents a series of up-to-date analyses of the economics of outdoor recreation. The distinguished group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems. An extensive introduction by the editors details the historical background of economists' interests in this subject, and reveals how economics can provide practical insights into improving how we manage our natural recreation areas.

The book is divided into three parts, each of which focuses on a specific environmental resource: mountains, forests, and rivers and the sea. An array of valuation methods - including stated preference and revealed preference techniques - are then applied to various outdoor recreation activities which occur in these different settings. These include such diverse pursuits as rock climbing, skiing, fishing, hunting and whale watching. The authors clearly demonstrate how recreation modelling can offer a productive link between people (their preferences and behaviour) and the natural environment.

With extensive empirical examples from Europe and North America, this book will be of great value to economists, governments and NGOs who are interested in the environment, development and tourism. It will also be a valuable source of reference for policymakers concerned with land use and natural resource management, and students of environmental and resource economics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edited by Nick Hanley, University of Glasgow, UK, W. Douglass Shaw, formerly Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, US and Robert E. Wright, University of Glasgow, UK

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1840649852
• ISBN 13: 9781840649857
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Éditeur: Hanley Nick, Shaw W. D., Wright Robert E.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible