Article
National estimates of the recreational value of streamflow
Water Resources Research
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2-1-1991
Abstract
This paper presents one practical method of valuing the recreational fishing benefits generated by a unit of water as it moves downstream. A cross-sectional analysis is employed to estimate the change in individuals' fishing behavior due to a change in availability of fishery resources. A proxy for the availability of stream fishery resources is derived from the link between changes in streamflow consumption to changes in the quality of fishing downstream. The results show that marginal increases in streamflow can generate recreational benefits that exceed the marginal value of water in agriculture in some regions of the country.
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Works produced by employees of the U.S. Government as part of their official duties are not copyrighted within the U.S. The content of this document is not copyrighted.
Copyright Owner
AGU Publications
Copyright Date
1991
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
LeRoy T. Hansen and Arne Hallam. "National estimates of the recreational value of streamflow" Water Resources Research Vol. 27 Iss. 2 (1991) p. 167 - 175 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/arne-hallam/17/
This article is from Water Resources Research, 27(2); 1991; 167-175. Posted with permission.