Valuing nature with travel cost models a manual / [electronic resource] :
Frank A. Ward, Diana Beal.
- Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northhampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2000.
- 1 online resource (viii, 255 p.) : ill.
- New horizons in environmental economics .
- New horizons in environmental economics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Support for environmental policy decisions -- 2. History and scope of TCM -- 3. Demand theory and TCM -- 4. Benefits theory and TCM -- 5. Design principles for TCMs -- 6. Design and administration of surveys -- 7. Measurement of the variables -- 8. Data management and analysis -- 9. Developing and maintaining expertise.
The book presents a self-contained treatment of TCM along with a wide range of applications to natural resource and environmental policy questions.