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Impacts, standards, and perceived crowding on the Deschutes River : extending carrying capacity research

Creator:

Whittaker, Douglas P.

Abstract:

In response to increasing recreation use, many resource managers have set use limits or carrying capacities in an attempt to protect the quality of experiences. These limits require definitions of quality which involve evaluative information about appropriate use levels or use conditions. Two papers are presented examining different approaches for...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Encounter norms in more developed river settings

Creator:

Martinson, Kristen S.

Abstract:

Much of the research on social carrying capacity in recreation settings has focused on backcountry or primitive areas where recreationists' perceptions of social contact are a critical element of a quality experience. A challenge now facing resource managers and planners is to apply what has been learned about social carrying...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
An analysis of alternative methods of nonmarket valuation : applications to whitewater recreation

Creator:

Bregenzer, Neil S.

Abstract:

This study analyzes and compares alternative methods of valuing nonmarket goods. Using a 1985 study of Rogue River non-commercial whitewater recreationists, benefit estimates of recreational use for this lottery-rationed river are derived using the zonal travel cost method (TCM) and the contingent valuation method (CVM). Two different techniques of the...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis