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Appendix A: Excerpts from Bernknopf et al. (1993), “Societal Value of Geologic Maps”
Appendix A: Excerpts from Bernknopf et al. (1993), “Societal Value of Geologic Maps”
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Appendix A Excerpts from USGS Circular 1111 The following sections are reproduced from Bernknopf et al.
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170 APPENDIX A Specific information, on the other hand, is much more localized (for example, specific siting characteristics of interchanges along a single road right-of-way) and of much less use for further application.
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APPENDIX A 171 mation that would be otherwise publicly provided information. Since individuals are able to obtain map information by not paying (a "free ride")
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172 APPENDIX A TABLE A-1 Payoffs to the provision of a public good [C=contribution; NC=no contribution] Person B C NC Person A C 4, 4 1, 5 NC 5, 1 2, 2 nature of the free-rider problem may be illustrated as an application of the prisoner's dilemma (see Mueller, 1989, p.
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APPENDIX A 173 result of this type of individual behavior, economics research has argued that the government should intervene to ensure proper provision of the good.8 THE ROLE OF GEOLOGIC MAP INFORMATION IN THE MAKING OF A DECISION (pages 21-23) Reducing Information Uncertainty with Geologic Maps Chapter I describes geologic map information.
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174 APPENDIX A scale that is more detailed than the existing geologic map, as is commonly the case. For instance, at the new map scale, perhaps faulting is delineated more clearly and boundaries between different rock types (contacts)
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APPENDIX A 175 gk d2d1 R -2v1 -2v2 gk +2v1 +2v2 FIGURE A-1 The probability distributions, d1 and d2, of a geologic characteristic gk, for two geologic maps of different vintages and different scales, 1 and 2, for _ the same area. R represents a regulatory standard.
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176 APPENDIX A FIGURE A-2 Economic impact of a regulation based on geologic map information.
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APPENDIX A 177 change in expected losses avoided is shown in the figure as the marginal expected loss avoided, E(La) , for restricting each additional cell.
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Geological Survey Circular 1111; 53 pp. Cornes, R., and T
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