Estimating the benefits and costs to mountain bikers of changes in trail characteristics, access fees, and site closures: choice experiments and benefits transfer

ER Morey, T Buchanan, DM Waldman - Journal of Environmental …, 2002 - Elsevier
ER Morey, T Buchanan, DM Waldman
Journal of Environmental Management, 2002Elsevier
Mountain biking is an increasingly popular leisure pursuit. Consequences are trail
degradation and conflicts with hikers and other users. Resource managers often attempt to
resolve these problems by closing trails to mountain biking. In order to estimate the impact of
these developments, a model has been devised that predicts the effects of changes in trail
characteristics and introduction of access fees, and correlates these with biker preference on
trail selection. It estimates each individual's per-ride consumer's surplus associated with …
Mountain biking is an increasingly popular leisure pursuit. Consequences are trail degradation and conflicts with hikers and other users. Resource managers often attempt to resolve these problems by closing trails to mountain biking. In order to estimate the impact of these developments, a model has been devised that predicts the effects of changes in trail characteristics and introduction of access fees, and correlates these with biker preference on trail selection. It estimates each individual’s per-ride consumer’s surplus associated with implementing different policies. The surplus varies significantly as a function of each individual’s gender, budget, and interest in mountain biking. Estimation uses stated preference data, specifically choice experiments. Hypothetical mountain bike trails were created and each surveyed biker was asked to make five pair-wise choices. A benefit-transfer simulation is used to show how the model and parameter estimates can be transferred to estimate the benefits and costs to mountain bikers in a specific area.
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