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Place attachment and recreation demand on the west branch of the Farmington River

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Abstract

This paper analyzes the effect of place attachment on recreation demand for theWest Branch of the Farmington River. Data were collected via on-site and optional mail-back questionnaires administered to river recreationists during the summer of 2001. A total of 247 respondents (51 percent response rate) returned complete questionnaires. Questions concerned respondents' functional and emotional attachments to the river, visit frequency, and trip expenditures.

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Citation

Smith, Jordan W.; Moore, Roger L. 2012. Place attachment and recreation demand on the west branch of the Farmington River. In: Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc; Watts, Clifton E., Jr., eds. Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-94. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 17-21.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/40326