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Appendix F: Economic Literature Relevant to Grand Canyon Management
Appendix F: Economic Literature Relevant to Grand Canyon Management
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The topics covered include studies specific to the Grand Canyon, studies of the Columbia and other river systems, and studies of the valuation of relevant environmental goods in other contexts (hydropower, ecosystems, national park recreation, guided rafting, recreational fishing, hiking, waterfowl hunting, biodiversity and endangered species, cultural heritage, water quality, streamflow, and geographic scope)
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(1997) which explores real and hypothetical donations scenarios in a survey used to assess the nonuser social value of a program at Grand Canyon National Park to remove compacted dirt roads on the North Rim of the Canyon.
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Ecosystems Wetlands are far from the most significant issue in the allocation of Grand Canyon water resources, but wetlands debates in other contexts have spawned a considerable amount of research concerning how to quantify the social values of a complex set of ecological functions represented by one type of water-based resource. For example, Bateman and Langford (1997)
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National Park Recreational Values The fact that the Grand Canyon attracts a very significant number of recreational users means that studies of the recreational values associated with national parks, both in the United States and abroad, are also relevant.
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Grand Canyon management decisions also depend indirectly on how conditions in the Grand Canyon affect the value of the recreational fishery. While temperature may vastly dominate toxic contamination as a water-quality issue in the river below the Glen Canyon Dam, the way researchers have incorporated toxic contamination will be analogous to how temperature could be incorporated into a valuation model.
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are clearly one of the key issues in Grand Canyon management. Several recent empirical studies will have some bearing on how policy-makers think about inferring social values for species such as the humpback chub.
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Simon and Doerksen (1995) consider the implications of differential spending on endangered species recovery and the priority ranking assigned by the U.S.
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(1996) explore the welfare effects on recreational anglers of alternative salmon allocation policies to meet Native American treaty rights, using the WilIamette River as an example.
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Distributional Issues: Regional Economic Impacts Traditional regional economic impact analysis with respect to river management, which is still being conducted, remains relevant to considerations of distributional effects of management decisions. A study by Leones et al.
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The Hagler Bailly (1997) study attempted to measure nonuse values, in an effort that produced estimates that were heavily criticized by some stakeholders.
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(1995) examine the problems of information provision and respondent knowledge, comprehension, and cognition in the use of contingent valuation methods to measure nonuse values.
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, and Crowards (1997) explores some of the ethical and economic motivations surrounding nonuse values.
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, applied to water quality (integrated catchment management) , employs a blend of nonmarket valuation and other environmental valuation philosophies.
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1994. Estimating nonuse values requires interdisciplinary research.
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1995. The measurement and decomposition of nonuse values: A critical review.
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~ 998 Incorporating respondent uncertainty when estimating willingness to pay for protecting critical habitat for threatened and endangered fish. Water Resources Research 34~111:3149-3155.
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1996. Welfare effects of fishery policies: Native American treaty rights and recreational salmon fishing.
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1997. Economic benefits of critical habitat for the Mexican spotted owl: A scope test using a multiplebounded contingent valuation survey.
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1995. Multiple Criteria Decision Making: A Case Study of the Columbia River Basin Salmon Recovery Plan.
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1998. Water management policies for streamflow augmentation in an irrigated river basin.
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