Economic effects of environmental quality change on recreational hunting in northwestern Saskatchewan: a contingent behaviour analysis

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 912-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.M. Morton ◽  
W.L. Adamowicz ◽  
P.C. Boxall
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Forest Environment ◽  
Welfare Measure ◽  
Welfare Losses ◽  
Recreational Hunting ◽  
Integrated Forest Management

This study estimates changes in the value of a recreational hunting experience as road access, game populations, congestion, and travel distance change in the forest environment because of harvesting operations. Values were estimated using a model that considers changes in one or more environmental quality factors simultaneously. The model is a variant of the contingent valuation method that evaluates multiple environmental quality changes. The model is applied to big-game hunters in a particular forest management licence area in northern Saskatchewan. The results suggest that the welfare of these hunters increases with reductions in congestion and improvements in game populations and access levels. The annual value of those improvements that generate the highest welfare for moose and deer hunters ranges from about $12 000 to $19 000, depending on the welfare measure used. The highest values of welfare losses ranged from about −$2750 to −$19 500 depending on the welfare measure, and were associated with increases in congestion and decreases in access and game population levels. The methods and results presented in this paper suggest an approach for the values of nontimber products, such as recreational hunting, to be incorporated more explicitly in integrated forest management plans.

scholarly journals Cost-Benefit Analysis of Adaptation to Beach Loss Due to Climate Change in Japan

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 715
Author(s):  
Kazunori Nakajima ◽  
Naoki Sakamoto ◽  
Keiko Udo ◽  
Yuriko Takeda ◽  
Eiji Ohno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Sandy Beaches ◽  
Recreation Demand ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Damage Costs

To measure economic effects of changes in environmental quality caused by climate change in Japan, we estimate beach loss damage costs in Japan and in each prefecture and evaluate the economic effectiveness of hypothetical adaptation measures to restore sandy beaches. For analyses, we use a computable general equilibrium model (CGE) that integrates a utility function with environmental quality factors as an independent variable derived from a recreation demand function in a travel cost method (TCM). We use future projections of beach loss rates in 2081–2100 based on ensemble-mean regional sea-level rise (SLR) for four Representative Concentration Pathway (RCPs) scenarios (RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0, and RCP8.5). The main findings of our study are presented as follows. (1) In 2081–2100, beach loss damage costs were estimated respectively as 398.54 million USD per year for RCP2.6, 468.96 (m.USD/year) for RCP4.5, 494.09 (m.USD/year) for RCP6.0, and 654.63 (m.USD/year) for RCP8.5. (2) For all RCPs, six prefectures for which the cost–benefit ratio exceeds 1.0 were Kanagawa, Osaka, Hyogo, Hiroshima, Saga, and Kumamoto. Our hypothetical adaptation measure of an artificial beach enhancement is expected to be quite effective as a public works project in these prefectures.

scholarly journals Household Customers’ Cost of Interruption: Survey Study on Summer Electricity Peak of Xi’an City

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Zhao ◽  
Weihua Yu ◽  
Dingwei Guo ◽  
Xiaoping He
Keyword(s):  
Electricity Market ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Carbon Neutrality ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
Welfare Losses ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Interruption Management

In light of China’s Carbon Neutrality Target and facing the fluctuating pressure of power supply brought on by new energy intermittent power generation, it is urgent to mobilize a large number of residential flexible loads that can respond instantaneously to mitigate peak–valley difference. Under a framework of demand-side management (DSM) and utility analysis, we empirically investigate customers’ costs from interrupting typical electrical terminals at the household level. Specifically, by using the contingent valuation method (CVM), we explore the factors that affect households’ Willingness to Accept (WTA) of voluntarily participating in the interruption management during the summer electricity peak and estimate the distribution of households’ WTA values. We find that given the value of WTA, households’ participation rate in the interruption management significantly decreases with the increase in interruption duration and varies with the type of terminal appliance that is on direct interruption management. Moreover, the majority of households are willing to participate in the interruption management even if the compensation amount is low. The factors that determine households’ WTA and the size of their influences vary with the type of electrical terminal. The results imply that differentiating the terminal electricity market and accurately locking on the target terminals by considering the household heterogeneity can reduce the household welfare losses arising from DSM.

Monitoring Forest Management Operations

1974 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Jim. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Management Unit ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Forest Environment ◽  
Visual Comparison ◽  
Forest Manager

Visual comparison of ERTS imagery with field data indicates that the nature and progress of many of the features of the forest environment, such as vegetation, roads, railroads, power lines, logged areas, lakes and dams, can be monitored to provide the forest manager with an overview of the management unit and its surroundings.

Optimal strategies for integrated forest management in megacities combined with wood and carbon services

2019 ◽  
Vol 229 ◽  
pp. 431-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Li ◽  
Guoliang Liu ◽  
Yanshu Liu ◽  
Yuanjun Zhu ◽  
Xiaohui Yang
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Optimal Strategies ◽  
Integrated Forest Management

scholarly journals Possible impact of forest product certification on the worldwide forest environment

1999 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc-André Côté
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Wood Products ◽  
Forest Product ◽  
Wood Product ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Forest Environment ◽  
Product Certification ◽  
Marketing Tool

Supporters of forest and wood product certification are generally seeking to improve forest management and to ensure market access to forest products. Although wood products certification can be seen as an interesting marketing tool, it is doubtful whether it will improve forest management at the international level. Forest and wood product certification is already seen as a complementary tool to other existing instruments such as regulations and subsidies. However, a closer analysis shows that certification could be focused on the wrong countries, management units, scales of management, actors and problems to be potentially effective. This article aims to assess the possible impact of certification processes on the worldwide forest environment. The identification of possible limitations of forest product certification process could help to make that instrument more effective. Key words: forest certification, environmental impact

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