| Variant title |
Valuing United States national parks and programs |
| Series |
Earthscan from Routledge
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| Contents |
Cover; Endorsement Page; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Valuing U.S. National Parks and Programs: America's Best Investment: Foreword; Biographies; Editor biographies; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introducing the multiple values of National Parks, programs, and protected areas; Introduction; Valuing parks, wilderness, and other protected areas; Classifying benefits of the National Parks and protected areas; A valuation continuum; Overview of chapters; Limitations of the research; Double counting |
| Contents |
Notes; References; Chapter 2: Total economic valuation of the National Park units and National Park Service cooperative programs: Results of a survey of the American public; Introduction; Economic valuation methodology; Questionnaire design and survey implementation; Survey results; Statistical analyses and results; Estimates of economic value for National Parks and NPS programs; Conclusion; Chapter Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3: Estimating visitor use and economic contributions of National Park visitor spending; Introduction; Overview of visitor spending contributions; VSE framework |
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VSE data limitations; Conclusions; Note; References; Chapter 4: Valuing carbon sequestration in the U.S. National Parks: Current conditions and future trends; Overview; Introduction; Methodology; Data sources; Carbon sequestration results; Social damage cost of carbon (SCC); Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 5: Economic benefits provided by National Park Service educational resources; Introduction; Methodology; On-site programming; Internet-based educational materials and resources; Conclusion; Notes; References |
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Chapter 6: Exploring the contribution of National Parks to the entertainment industry's intellectual property; Introduction; Summary of the NPS permitting process for filming movies and TV in NPS units; Films incorporating iconic places; Films showing grand natural scenery or images; Films and TV Shows at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area within Hollywood's Key TMZ; Methods for Valuing the Contribution of NPS units to Movies & Television; Details of residual imputation of movie profit to NPS units; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References |
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Chapter 7: Benefits of National Park Service cooperative programs; Introduction; Classifications and categories of NPS cooperative programs; Calculating the value of cooperative programs; Case study of Chesapeake Bay Office of the NPS; Frameworks for assessing the value of the CHBA; Quantitative analysis: economic valuations; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 8: Sustainable funding for the National Park Service; Shortcomings of the current funding model; Towards a sustainable funding model; Conclusion; Notes; References |
| Abstract |
This book provides the first comprehensive economic valuation of U.S. National Parks (including monuments, seashores, lakeshores, recreation areas, and historic sites) and National Park Service (NPS) programs. The book develops a comprehensive framework to calculate the economic value of protected areas, with particular application to the U.S. National Park Service. The framework covers many benefits provided by NPS units and programs, including on-site visitation, carbon sequestration, and intellectual property such as in education curricula and filming of movies/ TV shows, with case studies of each included. Examples are drawn from studies in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Everglades National Park, and Chesapeake Bay. The editors conclude with a chapter on innovative approaches for sustainable funding of the NPS in its second century. The framework serves as a blueprint of methodologies for conservationists, government agencies, land trusts, economists, and others to value public lands, historical sites, and related programs, such as education. The methodologies are relevant to local and state parks, wildlife refuges, and protected areas in developed and developing countries as well as to national parks around the world. Containing a series of unique case studies, this book will be of great interest to professionals and students in environmental economics, land management, and nature conservation, as well as the more general reader interested in National Parks. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Biographical note | Linda J. Bilmes is the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, U.S.A. John B. Loomis is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University, U.S.A. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 08, 2019). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Valuing U.S. national parks and programs. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 9781138483101 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019017009 |
| ISBN | 9781351055772 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1351055771 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9781351055789 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 135105578X (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9781351055765 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1351055763 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9781351055758 (electronic book Mobipocket) |
| ISBN | 1351055755 (electronic book Mobipocket) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| Stock number | 9781351055789 Taylor & Francis |
