Impacts of adjacent land use on Blue Ridge Parkway costs

dc.contributor.authorGalea, A. Stephenen
dc.contributor.departmentForestryen
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T21:03:37Zen
dc.date.available2017-01-30T21:03:37Zen
dc.date.issued1980en
dc.description.abstractImpacts from urban development on the cost of providing recreation services on the Blue Ridge Parkway were modeled using cross-sectional linear regression techniques. Twelve Parkway segments and corresponding adjacent counties provided the study sample. Total and per visit annual costs were expressed as a function of segment variables and external variables representing adjacent county development. No correlation between operating cost and external variables was found. Total operating costs are positively correlated with visitor center capacity and camp and picnic sites. Cost per visit is positively correlated with the presence of concessions and recreation acreage, and negatively correlated with the number of camp and picnic sites, suggesting economies of scale. Non-operating costs in developed and undeveloped sections were compared. Costs associated with access control, land acquisition, and landscape screening, were higher in areas with a greater percentage of private ownership.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvi, 61, [1] leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/74633en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 6410186en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1980.G354en
dc.subject.lcshLandscape protection -- Costsen
dc.subject.lcshBlue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.) -- Managementen
dc.titleImpacts of adjacent land use on Blue Ridge Parkway costsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineForestryen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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