Recreation Benefits Measured by Travel Cost Method for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System and Application to other Selected Corps Lakes.
Abstract
This study was designed with two objectives. First, to estimate what recreational users would be 'willing to pay' through admission fees to use the Corps project, the travel cost method was utilized to estimate the user benefits. Second, the regional estimator model, derived from McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System data was applied to several reservoirs outside the study area to test their predictive ability. The analysis used data gathered in a survey conducted during 1974 and 1975. The original purpose of this survey was to develop a data base on recreational expenditure for various activities across the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River System. That data base (from about 3,000 interviews) remains as one of the richest sources of recreational user information ever gathered.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA153787
Entities
People
- D. A. Willett
- D. D. Badger
- D. F. Schreiner
- L. G. Antle
Organizations
- Oklahoma State University–Stillwater