An Ecological and Economic Approach to Valuing River Quality

  • Claire Johnstone
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Summary

This was an interdisciplinary research project that investigated how people perceive and respond to environmental quality, by observing how recreational behaviour is influenced by river quality, and by eliciting anglers’ preferences for different aspects of the recreational fishing experience. A central aim of the study was to estimate the economic value of a fishing trip and the value of changes in river quality.

The study used an impact-pathway approach in a three-stage ecological-economic model, which mapped environmental impacts to rivers, to their ecological condition and then to recreational use of them for angling. The study used an economic valuation technique — the travel cost method — in conjunction with a large body of environmental and ecological data.

Keywords

Fish Population Consumer Surplus Ecological Quality River Site Lowland Area 
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