IMPACTS OF WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ON SITE VISITATION: A PROBABILISTIC MODELING APPROACH

Marc O. Ribaudo; C. Edwin Young; James Samuel Shortle

doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.1986.tb01908.x

IMPACTS OF WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ON SITE VISITATION: A PROBABILISTIC MODELING APPROACH

Marc O. Ribaudo, C. Edwin Young, James Samuel Shortle

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ABSTRACT: The influence of perceptions of water quality on the likelihood of recreating at a particular recreation site is investigated using a logit model. The model is estimated for St. Albans Bay, Vermont. A hypothetical improvement in water quality was shown to greatly increase the probability of at least one visit to the bay during a season. This implies that many recreationists who do not use the bay at present will do so if water quality improves. A demand model for predicting site visitation must, therefore, include current nonusers in the sample. Failure to do so would result in misleading predictions about future demand for the bay.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	559-563
Number of pages	5
Journal	JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1986.tb01908.x
State	Published - Jan 1 1986

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Water Science and Technology
Earth-Surface Processes

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Ribaudo, M. O., Young, C. E., & Shortle, J. S. (1986). IMPACTS OF WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ON SITE VISITATION: A PROBABILISTIC MODELING APPROACH. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 22(4), 559-563. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1986.tb01908.x

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