Water-Oriented Recreation Benefits: A Study of the Recreation Benefits Derivable from Various Levels of Water Quality of the Delaware River, Phase I and II

This report is divided into two parts. The purpose is to estimate the benefits derivable from the use of the waters of the Delaware River for recreational activities. In the first part, or Phase I, the factors affecting recreation demand, both manifest end latent, are identified and estimated for two projection years, 1976 and 2000. Four main recreational activities are analyzed in Phase I: swimming, boating, fishing, and picnicking. In Part II, the project/on of recreation demand for each of the first three activities is undertaken separately and in accordance with a similar conceptual approach. The study region was from just south of Trenton, New Jersey to Liston Point, Delaware.The research work of this project has been financed by the Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under contract No. PH 86-65-74.Purpose: To discover, define, and measure the identifiable potential recreation benefits which may accrue from various alternative rates of improvement of the waters of the Delaware Rive