Effective Recreation Opportunity Set (EROS) Index: A Computable Measure of Recreation Supply

Donald B.K. English; H. Ken Cordell

doi:10.2737/SE-RP-286

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Effective Recreation Opportunity Set (EROS) Index: A Computable Measure of Recreation Supply

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Donald B.K. English, H. Ken Cordell

Year:

1993

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SE-RP-286

Source:

Res. Pap. SE-286. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 16 p.

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Abstract

The EROS Set index is an economic measure of the abiliability of recreational opportunities to households and was developed for use in the 1989 Renewable Resources Planning Act Assessment. EROS indicies are loacation specific, and can be calcualted for any desired recreational enviorment or opportunity set using existing resource, population, and recreational trabel behavior data.

Keywords

Supply, outdoor recreation, household production theory, effectiveness

Citation

English, Donald B.K.; Cordell, H. Ken. 1993. Effective Recreation Opportunity Set (EROS) Index: A Computable Measure of Recreation Supply. Res. Pap. SE-286. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 16 p.