SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

Mathews, Leah Greden; Kask, Susan B.; Stewart, Steve.

Scenic beauty contributes to residents' quality of life and also serves to attract visitors to recreational areas. Because of the dynamic relationship between people, land, and rural development, there is an increasing interest in estimating the value of scenic quality using nonmarket valuation techniques. This study estimates the value of scenic quality to Blue Ridge Parkway visitors using choice and contingent valuation models. Results suggest that further research into respondent perceptions of CM and CVM models, and the conditions under which they yield comparable estimates, is warranted.

INCORPORATING SERVICE LEARNING IN YOUR COURSES: TIPS FROM THE TRENCHES

Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20049

Service learning is a form of experiential learning that can benefit the student, the campus, and the community. This paper is designed to introduce faculty to service learning, and assist instructors with the nuts and bolts of designing and implementing a successful service learning experience for students.

REDUCING PHOSPHORUS POLLUTION IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER: HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH?

Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.

Ano: 2001

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20481

Mathews, Leah Greden; Homans, Frances R.; Easter, K. William.

A mail survey was conducted in Minnesota in 1997 to estimate the value of reducing phosphorus levels in the Minnesota River by 40%. The general population survey of river basin residents was designed to gather information about respondents' use of the Minnesota River in addition to their valuation of a hypothetical water quality improvement program. An estimate of the value of a specific recreational site along the River, the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, was also obtained. Three distinct models were estimated in this research. The first was a contingent valuation model estimating the willingness to pay (WTP) for water quality improvements in the Minnesota River using only stated preference data. There were two different payment vehicles...

Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper

Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 1999

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13771

Using Systems Thinking to Promote Interdisciplinary Outcomes: A Pilot Study in Land Economics

Mathews, Leah Greden; Jones, Andrew.

Systems thinking is a tool that can be used by faculty to facilitate the exercise of integration while promoting critical thinking in the classroom, which is hypothesized to improve student learning. This paper describes a pilot study undertaken in 2003 in an undergraduate economics course. The paper reflects on the experiences incorporating the use of systems thinking to improve interdisciplinary learning from both the learner and teacher perspective.

Just a Paycheck? Assessing Student Benefits of Work on Faculty Research Projects

Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9930

The benefits that students gain from designing and implementing their own independent undergraduate research projects is often presented as a valuable step in their academic career, and a stepping stone to graduate school success. However, it is not clear what benefits students receive when working as undergraduate research assistants on faculty research projects where they, the students, have little or no input into the project or its design. This paper reports on a survey of undergraduate students who participated as wage laborers on two separate faculty-directed research projects. The results of the study suggest that students gain valuable knowledge and skills that serve as constructive preparation for work, personal lives and graduate school careers;...

PROMOTING ECONOMIC LITERACY: IDEAS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM

Palavras-chave: Student learning; Assessment; Undergraduate research; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49446

Instructors hope their students retain an understanding of course material beyond the end of the term; in agricultural economics courses, improved retention may take the form of increased economic literacy. This paper offers practical ideas for improving the economic literacy of students in agricultural economics courses. Specific suggestions for implementation of these ideas is also provided.

Incorporating Scenic Quality and Cultural Heritage into Farmland Valuation: Results from an Enhanced LESA Model

Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.

Ano: 1999

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21575

Mathews, Leah Greden; Rex, Art.

Farmland often contributes scenic quality and cultural heritage to a region; however, these factors are challenging to incorporate into standard farmland valuation schemes because of their qualitative nature. This research develops a method for enhancing the Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) model to incorporate scenic quality and cultural heritage elements into the rating scheme. Data on the scenic quality and cultural heritage values of the community was gathered via a participatory geographic information system (PGIS) exercise and combined with traditional LESA factors to develop a GIS-linked enhanced LESA model. This method provides a holistic valuation of farmland characteristics and directly incorporates community values. When a LESA model...

ESTIMATING WATER QUALITY BENEFITS BY COMBINING REVEALED AND STATED PREFERENCE METHODS: AN APPLICATION IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER

Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61733

Data from a 1997 survey of Minnesota residents was used to construct a panel of revealed and stated preference data. Panel regression results yield an estimate of household willingness to pay for phosphorus reductions in the Minnesota River of $38.88 per year.