the economic benefits of the national parks and park programs
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Measuring Total Economic Value of the National Parks Speaker: Linda Bilmes, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government America's Summit on National Parks, January 25, 2012, Washington DCTRANSCRIPT
Measuring Total Economic Value of the National Parks
Professor Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard UniversityProfessor John Loomis, Colorado State University
Use Value
Existence Value
Bequest Value
Recreation benefits, environmental education; use value of drinking water from urban wetlands, etc
Benefit the current generation receives from knowing the NPS units, wildlife, scenic wonder, historical, cultural features, programs provided
Benefit the current generation receives from knowing that through preservation today, these NPS units and programs will be available to future generations
$2.8 bn NPS budget
PassiveUseValue
Proposed Methodology
Estimate of TEV of NPS units and
program
Comprehensive Literature Survey
National Survey of Representative US
Households to estimate TEV of NPS units and programs
Case Studies of Specific NPS units
and programs