The demand for local access to coastal recreation in southern New England
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Coastal Management
- Vol. 26 (3), 177-190
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08920759809362351
Abstract
Coastal lands provide popular outdoor recreation opportunities including beach recreation, fishing, boating, and wildlife viewing. Published studies measuring the demand for access to coastal lands generally have focused on the recreational value of intensively used beaches, which comprise only a portion of the New England coastline. This article examines the recreational demand for coastal access to a local, free‐access site in southern New England. The study uses data obtained from on‐site interviews conducted during the summer of 1995 at Gooseberry Island, Massachusetts. The estimated average value of a visitor‐day during the summer season is $3.06 for weekdays and $4.18 for weekends and holidays. While these values are at the low end of the range of values published in existing literature addressing beach recreation, the aggregate value of recreation benefits derived from public access to undeveloped coastal areas likely are significant.Keywords
This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Benefits of Water Quality Improvements for Marine Recreation: A Review of the Empirical EvidenceMarine Resource Economics, 1995
- Bias in Discrete Response Contingent ValuationJournal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1995
- Evaluating Impacts from Noxious Facilities: Including Public Preferences in Current Siting MechanismsJournal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1993
- Recreational demand by tourists for saltwater beach daysJournal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1990
- The economic damages component of the natural resource damage assessment model systemOil and Chemical Pollution, 1989
- The recreation benefits of beach renourishmentOcean and Shoreline Management, 1988
- Expanding Contingent Value Sample Estimates to Aggregate Benefit Estimates: Current Practices and Proposed SolutionsLand Economics, 1987
- Overlooked Biases in Contingent Valuation Surveys: Some ConsiderationsLand Economics, 1987
- Welfare Evaluations in Contingent Valuation Experiments with Discrete ResponsesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1984
- Limited-dependent and qualitative variables in econometricsPublished by Cambridge University Press (CUP) ,1983