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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]

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  • Serge S. Garcia

    (LEF - Laboratoire d'Economie Forestière - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech)

  • Julien Jacob

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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 € ).

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  • Serge S. Garcia & Julien Jacob, 2020. "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]," Working Papers hal-01189452, HAL.
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