The objective of this study was to estimate willingness-to-pay the population in Luleå is putting on the possibility to do recreation and outdoor life activities in an urban forest. The study has been limited to the area Ormberget-Herstölandet. A contingent valuation method has been applied which asks about willingness-to-pay to conserve current recreational activities by assuming other plans for the area. A total of 151 answers were received, of which 111 was used for the analysis. This study found that willingness-to-pay for recreation was estimated to be 173 SEK per person and as one-time-payment. Total estimated value for Luleå population was 13,500,000 SEK. Willingness-to-pay was positively influenced by the number of visits, time spent, income and preferences for cross-country skiing. Negatively influenced if the respondents are male and have high environmental concern.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:ltu-98483 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Furufors, Anton |
| Publisher | Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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