|
|||||
|
|
Optimal location of new forests in a suburban region |
|
| Authors: | Ellen Moons Bert Saveyn Stef Proost Martin Hermy |
| Affiliation: | aCenter for Economic Studies, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Applied Economics, K.U.Leuven, Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven, Belgium;bVlaams Energieagentschap, Graaf de Ferrarisgebouw, Koning Albert-II-laan 20 bus 17, 1000 Brussels, Belgium;cForest, Nature and Landscape Research, Department of Land Management and Economics, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, K.U.Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium |
| Abstract: | This paper looks at the optimal location of new forests in a suburban region under area constraints. The methodology takes into account use benefits, non-use benefits (both bequest and existence values), opportunity costs of converting agricultural land, as well as planting and management costs of the new forest. The recreational benefits of new forest sites are estimated using function transfer techniques. We show that the net social benefit of the total afforestation project varies up to a factor 6. The recreational value of a site varies considerably with the available substitutes. |
| Keywords: | Benefit transfer Cost– benefit analysis Forest recreation Geographical information system (GIS) Travel cost analysis |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ | |