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PREFERENCES FOR ALLOCATING RIVER RECREATION USE 1
Author(s) -
McCool Stephen F.,
Utter Jack
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1981.tb01236.x
Subject(s) - recreation , allotment , reservation , rationing , business , affect (linguistics) , natural resource economics , environmental resource management , environmental planning , environmental science , economics , computer science , ecology , psychology , computer network , health care , communication , market economy , biology , economic growth
Allocating river recreation use to commercial and private sectors on white water rivers has been highly controversial. How this process is implemented may affect not only the availability of recreation opportunities to individual users, but may also negatively impact the user's desire to escape from the pressures and stresses of everyday life. In a study of users of Idaho's Middle Fork of the Salmon River, an Even‐Pool allotment technique was preferred over others by the commercial, private, and rejectee individuals sampled. A lottery technique for rationing private use permits was preferred by private users and rejectees, while commercial users preferred Advance Reservation. No relationship was found between the users' stress release/escape expectations and their preferences for the different allotment and rationing techniques studies. Such results suggest that river managers may have considerable latitude in selecting allocation techniques that do not adversely affect on‐site recreation experiences.