Sammanfattning

Economic studies concerning environmental functions of forests are often partial in the sense that they focus on either benefits or costs. In other words, benefit/cost analyses indicating whether it is economically motivated to change forestry to make it compatible with environmental demands are relatively rare. This benefit/cost analysis deals with the forest as recreation environment, where benefit estimates from a study conducted in the county of Vasterbotten, Sweden, are compared with cost estimates from another study in the same county. It is shown that adjustments of forest management to meet recreational demands do largely affect both benefits and costs, and that the results are sensitive to how soon the effects on the recreation environment occur after the adjustments of forest management. (C) 2006 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved

Publicerad i

Journal of Forest Economics
2006, Volym: 12, nummer: 1, sidor: 75-81
Utgivare: ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG

SLU författare

• Mattsson, Leif

  • Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Bostedt, Göran

  • Institutionen för skogsekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

Naturupplevelser och hälsa


UKÄ forskningsämne

Ekonomi och näringsliv
Samhällsvetenskap
Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2005.12.002

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/8805