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An Economic Evaluation of a Multi-Area Recreation System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Michael E. Wetzstein*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Georgia

Extract

Researchers as well as planners have been concerned with the impact of augmenting an existing recreation system with new recreational areas. That is, they are concerned with the substitution or duplication of services stemming from additional numbers of recreational areas.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1982

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