{"product_id":"the-new-economics-of-outdoor-recreation","title":"The New Economics of Outdoor Recreation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e The New Economics of Outdoor Recreation (Hardcover, 346 pages) – Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n This innovative book presents a series of up-to-date analyses of the economics of outdoor recreation. The distinguished group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems. An extensive introduction by the editors details the historical background of economists' interests in this subject, and reveals how economics can provide practical insights into improving how we manage our natural recreation areas.\u003cp\u003eThe book is divided into three parts, each of which focuses on a specific environmental resource: mountains, forests, and rivers and the sea. An array of valuation methods - including stated preference and revealed preference techniques - are then applied to various outdoor recreation activities which occur in these different settings. These include such diverse pursuits as rock climbing, skiing, fishing, hunting and whale watching. The authors clearly demonstrate how recreation modelling can offer a productive link between people (their preferences and behaviour) and the natural environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith extensive empirical examples from Europe and North America, this book will be of great value to economists, governments and NGOs who are interested in the environment, development and tourism. It will also be a valuable source of reference for policymakers concerned with land use and natural resource management, and students of environmental and resource economics.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"Nick Hanley, W. Douglass Shaw, Robert E. Wright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46070364078314,"sku":"9781840649857","price":171.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/21PKe4FNGJL.jpg?v=1781258371","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/the-new-economics-of-outdoor-recreation","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}