The Recreational Value of In-Stream Flows |
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| Authors: | CHRIS COCKLIN IAIN FRASER MICHAEL HARTE |
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| Institution: | Department of Geography, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.;Murray-North Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.;Department of Geography, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. |
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| Abstract: | The decision in 1988 by the Rangitikei-Wanganui Catchment Board to allocate flows away from use for electricity generation into recreation use brought into focus the conflict between market and non-market valuation of river uses. The travel cost method (TCM) of non-market valuation is used to estimate the in-stream recreation values of the Upper Wanganui and Whakapapa rivers. |
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