Application of the travel cost method to urban forests in Johor Bahru

Urban forest features so many values. Forest and tree resources have so many benefits and values from a wide range of socio-cultural, economics and environmental values. Travel Cost Method (TCM) was developed to estimate the economic value of environmental goods such as urban forest areas. In this s...

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Main Author:	Mohamed Rosli, Nurul Shahirawati
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	G154.9-155.8 Travel and state Tourism
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/37040/5/NurulShahirawatiMFAB2010.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.370402017-09-20T08:32:26Z Application of the travel cost method to urban forests in Johor Bahru 2010-07 Mohamed Rosli, Nurul Shahirawati G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism Urban forest features so many values. Forest and tree resources have so many benefits and values from a wide range of socio-cultural, economics and environmental values. Travel Cost Method (TCM) was developed to estimate the economic value of environmental goods such as urban forest areas. In this study, the economic value of urban forest has been estimated by using TCM with the case studies of MPJBT Urban Forest and MBJB Urban Forest. 100 sets of questionnaire have been distributed to each site. The number of annual visits made by visitors was used as dependent variable, while travel expenditure to the urban forest, total distance (two-way) from the residential area to the urban forest, and age of the visitor were selected as the independent variables in the demand model. A linear form was used to estimate the consumer surplus of the urban forest visitors. The linear regression equation gives the demand function for the visitor to the site, and the area below demand curve gives the consumer surplus. The results showed that consumer surplus per trip are RM 41.75 for the visitor of MPJBT Urban Forest and RM 30.34 for the visitor of MBJB Urban Forest. These findings would provide some useful information that might be needed for those involved in planning and management for the development of urban forest sites especially in Johor Bahru for the benefits of local communities. 2010-07 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/37040/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/37040/5/NurulShahirawatiMFAB2010.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:70008?site_name=Restricted Repository masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment
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topic	G154.9-155.8 Travel and state Tourism
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description	Urban forest features so many values. Forest and tree resources have so many benefits and values from a wide range of socio-cultural, economics and environmental values. Travel Cost Method (TCM) was developed to estimate the economic value of environmental goods such as urban forest areas. In this study, the economic value of urban forest has been estimated by using TCM with the case studies of MPJBT Urban Forest and MBJB Urban Forest. 100 sets of questionnaire have been distributed to each site. The number of annual visits made by visitors was used as dependent variable, while travel expenditure to the urban forest, total distance (two-way) from the residential area to the urban forest, and age of the visitor were selected as the independent variables in the demand model. A linear form was used to estimate the consumer surplus of the urban forest visitors. The linear regression equation gives the demand function for the visitor to the site, and the area below demand curve gives the consumer surplus. The results showed that consumer surplus per trip are RM 41.75 for the visitor of MPJBT Urban Forest and RM 30.34 for the visitor of MBJB Urban Forest. These findings would provide some useful information that might be needed for those involved in planning and management for the development of urban forest sites especially in Johor Bahru for the benefits of local communities.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mohamed Rosli, Nurul Shahirawati
author_facet	Mohamed Rosli, Nurul Shahirawati
author_sort	Mohamed Rosli, Nurul Shahirawati
title	Application of the travel cost method to urban forests in Johor Bahru
title_short	Application of the travel cost method to urban forests in Johor Bahru
title_full	Application of the travel cost method to urban forests in Johor Bahru
title_fullStr	Application of the travel cost method to urban forests in Johor Bahru
title_full_unstemmed	Application of the travel cost method to urban forests in Johor Bahru
title_sort	application of the travel cost method to urban forests in johor bahru
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment
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publishDate	2010
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Application of the travel cost method to urban forests in Johor Bahru

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