The impact of measurement assumptions upon individual travel cost estimates of consumer surplus: a GIS analysis |
| |
| Authors: | I J Bateman J S Brainard A A Lovett G D Garrod |
| |
| Institution: | (1) School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK e-mail: i.bateman@uea.ac.uk Tel.: +44-1603-593125; Fax: +44-1603-507719, GB;(2) School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, and Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), University of East Anglia and University College, London, UK, GB;(3) Centre for Rural Economy (CRE), Department of Agricultural Economics and Food Marketing, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, GB |
| |
| Abstract: | The individual travel cost method is one of the most commonly applied approaches to estimating the recreational value (or
`consumer surplus') of open-access sites where the visitor does not have to pay an entrance charge for using the area. This
paper presents a simple application of the method conducted using geographical information system (GIS) software. This approach
permits analysis of the impact of various, commonly used, assumptions concerning the definition of visitor outset origins
and routing to recreation sites. Results suggest that varying these assumptions can lead to substantial impacts upon estimates
of consumer surplus to the extent that previously published studies may be subject to substantial error.
Received: 24 February 1999 · Accepted: 9 June 1999 |
| |
| Keywords: | Travel cost Centroids Geographical information system (GIS) Recreation Woodland |
| 本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ |
|
