Factoring Climate Change Into Recreation Investment Decisions: Evidence From Hatchers Pass, Alaska
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom B/C/D
Start Date
21-5-2015
End Date
21-5-2015
Keywords
Remote Sensing, Natural Resource Management, Economics
Abstract
Winter sports infrastructure brings general welfare to communities as well as potential economic growth. However, it is known that average snow cover in northern hemispheres has reduced by 10 percent since the mid-1960s (Folland, 2001). Employing Landsat data and remote sensing techniques such as the normalized difference snow index (NDSI), this research examines snow cover change in Hatchers Pass, Alaska, over a 28-year period. Results reveal that snow cover has dropped as much as 47 percent between 1986 and 2014 suggesting that, in addition to traditional cost benefit analysis, site specific environmental change studies should be considered when evaluating winter recreation investment.
Recommended Citation
Blair, Logan, "Factoring Climate Change Into Recreation Investment Decisions: Evidence From Hatchers Pass, Alaska" (2015). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 94.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2015/posters/94
Poster Number
40
Department/Program
Resource Management
Additional Mentoring Department
Geography
Factoring Climate Change Into Recreation Investment Decisions: Evidence From Hatchers Pass, Alaska
SURC Ballroom B/C/D
Winter sports infrastructure brings general welfare to communities as well as potential economic growth. However, it is known that average snow cover in northern hemispheres has reduced by 10 percent since the mid-1960s (Folland, 2001). Employing Landsat data and remote sensing techniques such as the normalized difference snow index (NDSI), this research examines snow cover change in Hatchers Pass, Alaska, over a 28-year period. Results reveal that snow cover has dropped as much as 47 percent between 1986 and 2014 suggesting that, in addition to traditional cost benefit analysis, site specific environmental change studies should be considered when evaluating winter recreation investment.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Jennifer Lipton