Including equity in the evaluation of outdoor recreation benefits
- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Forest Research
- Vol. 12 (2) , 337-342
- https://doi.org/10.1139/x82-049
Abstract
Previous research has shown that forest recreation activities are characterized by high income level participants. If planners introduce an income distribution dimension in the evaluation of recreation benefits, this inequity could be corrected. A straightforward method of weighting benefits is presented here. The travel cost method is used to derive consumer surplus for a recreational site for two different income categories. The weighting scheme is then applied to the consumer surplus calculations to arrive at revised measures of recreation benefits.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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