Valuing U.S. national parks and programs : America's best investment
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Valuing U.S. national parks and programs : America's best investment
(Earthscan from Routledge)
Routledge, 2020
- : pbk
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  Fukushima
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
  Germany
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  France
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
1. Introducing the Multiple Values of National Parks, Programs and Protected Areas 2. Total Economic Valuation of the National Park Service Units and Programs: Results of a Survey of the American Public 3. Estimating Visitor Use and Economic Contributions of National Park Visitor Spending 4. Valuing Carbon Sequestration in the U.S. National Parks: Current Conditions and Future Trends 5. Economic Benefits Provided by National Park Service Educational Resources 6. Exploring the Contribution of National Parks to the Entertainment Industry's Intellectual Property 7. Benefits of National Park Service Cooperative Programs 8. Sustainable Funding for the National Park Service 9. Conclusion: Benefits of National Parks Extend Far Beyond Visitation and Tourism
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