Paper Title :Landscape Assessment – A Case Study of Sumava Mountains, Protected Landscape Area

Author :Michaela Havlikova, Zdenka Zakova Kroupova, Pavlina Halova, Lukas Cechura, Michal Maly

Article Citation :Michaela Havlikova ,Zdenka Zakova Kroupova ,Pavlina Halova ,Lukas Cechura ,Michal Maly , (2016 ) " Landscape Assessment – A Case Study of Sumava Mountains, Protected Landscape Area " , International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) , pp. 4-6, Volume-2,Issue-11, Special Issue-2

Abstract : Landscape is considered to be a public good, which is both non-excludable and non-rivalrous for individual use. As other public goods, landscape is not markable good. For assessing its value, several methods are used including willingness-to-pay, travel cost methods, choice experiment. This paper conducts a small case study application of willingness to pay method, as a method used in majority studies, for assessing the landscape value in Šumava Mountains. Results gathered from a survey serve to identify several groups of respondents their willingness to pay for an entrance fee (pass). Key words- Landscape; Willingness-To-Pay; Stated Preferences; Šumava Mountains.

Type : Research paper

Published : Volume-2,Issue-11, Special Issue-2

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