TY - JOUR
T1 - Congestion, quality deterioration, and optimal use
T2 - Wilderness recreation in the Spanish peaks primitive area
AU - Cicchetti, Charles J.
AU - Smith, V. Kerry
PY - 1973/3
Y1 - 1973/3
N2 - With increasing demand for low-density recreational services and limited supply of facilities to provide them, congestion is becoming an important management problem. The purpose of this paper is to outline a model of congestion, estimate the effect of it upon individual willingness to pay for wilderness experiences, and illustrate how these results might be used for efficient management. A survey of users of the Spanish Peaks Primitive Area indicates that their revealed willingness to pay is significantly affected by encroachments upon the solitude they experience during their trip. Consequently, congestion effects for such services can be measured and used in the formation of administrative policy.
AB - With increasing demand for low-density recreational services and limited supply of facilities to provide them, congestion is becoming an important management problem. The purpose of this paper is to outline a model of congestion, estimate the effect of it upon individual willingness to pay for wilderness experiences, and illustrate how these results might be used for efficient management. A survey of users of the Spanish Peaks Primitive Area indicates that their revealed willingness to pay is significantly affected by encroachments upon the solitude they experience during their trip. Consequently, congestion effects for such services can be measured and used in the formation of administrative policy.
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U2 - 10.1016/0049-089X(73)90019-7
DO - 10.1016/0049-089X(73)90019-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0002864493
SN - 0049-089X
VL - 2
SP - 15
EP - 30
JO - Social Science Research
JF - Social Science Research
IS - 1
ER -