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SUMMARY:M.S. Defense Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Katja Koehler-Cole, Advisor:  Dr. James Brandle\nAgricultural 
 land provides many services that the public values. These rural amenities
  are positive externalities of agriculture and as such underprovided in t
 he market. Options to enhance the provision of rural amenities include su
 bsidies to farmers and establishing markets that capitalize on these amen
 ities. Essential information for any publicly funded program that targets
  rural amenities includes identifying the public preferences and demands 
 for these amenities. This study researches the preferences of Lincoln, Ne
 braska residents for the rural amenities that Lancaster County offers and
  measures the frequency with which people engage in outdoor recreation, a
 gritourism and purchasing locally grown foods. Environmental amenities (a
 ir and water quality) are the most important amenities. Participants indi
 cated that water quality and wildlife habitat needed improvement. Using c
 ontingent valuation methods, we found that people were willing to pay add
 itional taxes for programs that enhance the provision of environmental am
 enities but not for programs that compensate farmers for creating opportu
 nities for outdoor recreation on their land. To enhance the provision of 
 rural recreational amenities (outdoor recreation, agritourism), market-ba
 sed approaches should be used. The results of this study can be used by L
 ancaster County policy makers to develop cost-efficient land use concepts
  that provide the optimal amount of rural amenities.
LOCATION:HARDIN HALL Room 901 Hardin Hall
URL:http://events.unl.edu/snr/2008/04/15/29221/
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