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

Serge Garcia and Julien Jacob

No 2009-05, Working Papers - Cahiers du LEF from Laboratoire d'Economie Forestiere, AgroParisTech-INRA

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. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 Q26 Q51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2009-12
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