Project Reports (Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology)
Items in this Collection
- 16Boxall, Peter C.
- 12Adamowicz, Wiktor
- 3Watson, David
- 2Morton, Karen
- 2Peters, Tamantha
- 2Phillips, William E.
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1992
Adamowicz, Wiktor, Graham-Tomasi, T., Boxall, Peter C.
The travel cost model of recreation demand has been used to study the services provided by recreation sites for over 30 years. Numerous assessments have been made of alternative ways of implementing the travel cost model (TCM) and of its performance according to a variety of criteria. The vast...
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1995
Boxall, Peter C., Adamowicz, Wiktor, Peters, Tamantha
This is the third report resulting from the study: \"A Socioeconomic Evaluation of Sportfishing Activity in Southern Alberta.\" The first report dealt with general results from the survey, while the second focused specifically on the impacts of the Oldman River Dam on recreational fishing in the...
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A Socio-Economic Evaluation of Recreational Whitetail Deer and Moose Hunting in Northwestern Saskatchewan
Download1993
Phillips, William E., Morton, Karen, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Boxall, Peter C., White, William
Hunting is an important recreational activity in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management estimates there were approximately 102 028 big game hunting licenses purchased for the 1992/93 hunting season, with over 95 612 participants. The big game species include Whitetail...
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1992
Watson, David, Peters, Tamantha, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Boxall, Peter C.
Recreational fishing is one of the most important recreational activities in Alberta. The report on Sports Fishing in Alberta, 1985, states that over 340,000 angling licences were purchased in the province and the total population of anglers exceeded 430,000. Approximately 5.4 million angler days...
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1993
Boxall, Peter C., Phillips, William E., Tanguay, Mark, Adamowicz, Wiktor, White, William
Maintaining the abundance of wildlife and the preservation of endangered species are serious concerns to the people of Saskatchewan. In the 1991 survey \"Importance of Wildlife to Canadians\" over 80% of Saskatchewan respondents stated that these two issues are important. This same survey also...
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An Economic Analysis of Recreational Fishing and Environmental Quality Changes in the Upper Oldman River Basin
Download1993
Boxall, Peter C., Adamowicz, Wiktor, Watson, David
A Discrete Choice Travel Cost model, based on data collected from a survey of recreational anglers, was used to estimate changes in recreational fishing benefits in the Upper Oldman River region of Alberta resulting from the construction of a dam. The results show that this model is useful for...
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An Economic Evaluation of Woodland Caribou Conservation Programs in Northwestern Saskatchewan
Download1995
Adamowicz, Wiktor, Tanguay, Mark, Boxall, Peter C.
The purpose of this study was to identify the values Saskatchewan residents place on their Woodland Caribou conservation programs. Using contingent valuation methods, individual values for maintaining caribou numbers within Millar Western-NorSask Forest Management Licence agreement area were...
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Assessing Impacts of Environmental Change on Aboriginal People: An Economic Examination of Subsistence Resource Use and Value
Download2002
Haener, Michael, Boxall, Peter C., Dosman, Donna, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Marois, Juanita
The report describes the research design, data collection and preliminary analysis of an economic assessment on non-timber resource use by Aboriginal People in Northwest Saskatchewan. The project is designed to develop methods of valuing resource use by Aboriginal People so that these values can...
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2010
Boxall, Peter C., Packman, Katherine
Currently, the effect of human impact on the environment is becoming increasingly apparent. The encroachment of human activity has inevitably resulted in the loss or impairment of ecological goods and services (EG&S) around the globe as well as in our own backyard. EG&S include features such as...
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Consumer Attitudes, Willingness to Pay and Revealed Preferences for Different Egg Production Attributes: Analysis of Canadian Egg Consumers
Download2007
Boxall, Peter C., Emunu, John Paul, Asselin, Andre, Boyd, Curtis, Goddard, Ellen, Neall, Amanda
The Canadian egg industry has introduced a number of specialty eggs, including Omega-3, organic, free run/range, vitamin enhanced and vegetarian over the past few decades. These eggs are generally sold at prices higher than the 'normal' egg and there has been little analysis of the consumer...