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Stefanova, Stela K.

Measuring the recreational value of changes in beach access, beach width, and vehicle access in the Mid-Atlantic region: Application of random utility models.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Measuring the recreational value of changes in beach access, beach width, and vehicle access in the Mid-Atlantic region: Application of random utility models.
Author:	Stefanova, Stela K.
Description:	191 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-09, Section: A, page: 3567.
Notes:	Adviser: George R. Parsons.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International70-09A.
Subject:	Economics, General.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3373316
ISBN:	9781109393811

Measuring the recreational value of changes in beach access, beach width, and vehicle access in the Mid-Atlantic region: Application of random utility models.
Stefanova, Stela K.

Measuring the recreational value of changes in beach access, beach width, and vehicle access in the Mid-Atlantic region: Application of random utility models. - 191 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-09, Section: A, page: 3567.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2009.

The ocean beaches in the Mid-Atlantic region are among the largest tourist and recreational day-trip destinations in the United States. Numerous policy issues arise in managing these beaches. How are compensatory values to be set in the event of beach closures due to an oil spill or other environmental disruption? Should eroding beaches be widened to accommodate beach goers and if so by how much? Should beaches be closed to off-road vehicles to protect the habitat of birds species nesting in critical areas on the beach? Each of these issues requires knowledge of the economic value of beaches or attributes of beaches to beach goers. In this thesis, I develop a model to estimate just such values. Using internet-based survey data for 1966 randomly drawn households in the Mid-Atlantic region, I estimate a linked random utility - trip frequency model of beach use in the Mid-Atlantic region. I find that the aggregate value losses from closures of groups of beaches range between

ISBN: 9781109393811Subjects--Topical Terms:

212429
Economics, General.

Measuring the recreational value of changes in beach access, beach width, and vehicle access in the Mid-Atlantic region: Application of random utility models.
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