Congestion at Recreation Areas: Empirical Evidence on Perceptions, Mitigating Behavior, and Management Preferences

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Environmental Management

Volume

50

Issue

4

Publication Date

1997

First Page

389

Last Page

402

Abstract

Economists have tried to estimate the demand for recreation under conditions of congestion, struggling especially with a model that uses observed rather than stated behaviour to obtain results. This paper reports statistical analyses of data on perceptions, mitigating behaviour and management preferences in order to highlight the difficulties related to empirical analysis of congestion. We offer evidence that may be of assistance to those wishing to construct measures of congestion for use in an observed behaviour model. The results may also be useful to recreation area managers who can implement a quota or permit system or change site entry or access fees to control access to the site they manage.

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