A Comparison of Non-Market Approaches in Determining the Benefits of Remediation at a Great Lakes Area of Concern Eighteenmile Creek, Niagara County New York

dc.contributor.author	Gorecki, Doug
dc.date.accessioned	2007-06-26T15:41:03Z
dc.date.available	2007-06-26T15:41:03Z
dc.date.issued	2007-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10161/297
dc.description.abstract	Valuations of environmental resources often require the use of non-market approaches. In this paper, three common non-market methods are employed to valuate restoration of Eighteenmile Creek, a Great Lakes Area of Concern (AOC) located in upstate New York. Using a survey of recreational anglers who visit the stream, we determine that travel cost and contingent valuation methods are consistent in their estimation of consumer surplus increases with site remediation. Implementation of a hedonic property approach indicates that the increases in property values with site remediation as determined in similar AOC studies may not occur at Eighteenmile Creek.	en
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.source.uri	Smith, Martin
dc.subject	Great Lakes Area of Concern (AOC)	en
dc.subject	Eighteenmile Creek, New York	en
dc.subject	Recreational Anglers	en
dc.subject	Valuation	en
dc.title	A Comparison of Non-Market Approaches in Determining the Benefits of Remediation at a Great Lakes Area of Concern Eighteenmile Creek, Niagara County New York	en
dc.type	Masters' Project
dc.department	Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences