An Ex-Ante Cost-Benefit Analysis of All-Terrain Vehicle Transportation Corridor in Southwest Alaska
This research explores the construction of a geotextile ATV corridor connecting two separate village subsets, Oscarville-Napakiak and Akiak-Akiachak, in the Kuskokwim River delta. Cost-benefit analysis was used to compare the costs of constructing a geotextile trail to the benefits derived from the...
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ftagecon:oai:ageconsearch.umn.edu:206773 2024-09-15T18:17:09+00:00 An Ex-Ante Cost-Benefit Analysis of All-Terrain Vehicle Transportation Corridor in Southwest Alaska Elder, Lee Seidl, Andy 2017-04-01T19:53:16Z https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.206773 http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/206773 https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/206773/files/576-696-2-PB.pdf eng eng doi:10.22004/ag.econ.206773 https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/206773/files/576-696-2-PB.pdf http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/206773 http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/206773 Text 2017 ftagecon https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.206773 2024-07-09T07:35:10Z This research explores the construction of a geotextile ATV corridor connecting two separate village subsets, Oscarville-Napakiak and Akiak-Akiachak, in the Kuskokwim River delta. Cost-benefit analysis was used to compare the costs of constructing a geotextile trail to the benefits derived from the reduction of injuries, fatalities, and fuel consumption observed on the existing river transportation corridor during a 20-year period. Secondary data was collected for population estimates, fatality and injury rates, while the rapid rural appraisal approach was used to access the traffic rates between each village subset. The results reveal that the construction of a geotextile ATV corridor in the Alaskan bush would prove to be an economically feasible transportation alternative. Text Kuskokwim Alaska AgEcon Search - Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics |
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This research explores the construction of a geotextile ATV corridor connecting two separate village subsets, Oscarville-Napakiak and Akiak-Akiachak, in the Kuskokwim River delta. Cost-benefit analysis was used to compare the costs of constructing a geotextile trail to the benefits derived from the reduction of injuries, fatalities, and fuel consumption observed on the existing river transportation corridor during a 20-year period. Secondary data was collected for population estimates, fatality and injury rates, while the rapid rural appraisal approach was used to access the traffic rates between each village subset. The results reveal that the construction of a geotextile ATV corridor in the Alaskan bush would prove to be an economically feasible transportation alternative. |
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