The recreative use value of French forests: An approach by the travel-cost method

La valeur récréative de la forêt en France: une approche par les coûts de déplacement

Serge Garcia and Julien Jacob ()
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Julien Jacob: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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Abstract: The forest is an important element in most countries and its multifunctional character explains its great value. This study aims at giving a monetary value to one of these functions that occupies a special place in our urban societies: the recreative use. We use the individual approach of the travel-cost method (TCM) from a survey made up of more than 4500 households surveyed by phone on the whole of the French territory in 2001. This type of survey and the zero-inflated count data models used in the econometric analysis make it possible to take into account the non-forest visitors. To reflect the heterogeneity of forests in France, the sample is segmented into nine inter-regions forming coherent forest sets. Individual surplus per visit are calculated for each region, showing variations in the recreational value of forests in France (from 0 to 47 € ).

Keywords: Forest; National survey; Recreative value; Travel-cost method; Zero-inflated count data models; Enquête nationale; Forêt; Valeur récréative des forêts; Méthode des coûts de déplacement; Modèles de comptage zero-inflated (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-06-06
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