Valore della funzione ricreativa per aree protette siciliane

Abstract

The valutation of public goods, such as environmental resouces, often cheracterized by a high degree of multifunctionality, is an issue of great interest to local decision mackers, who have therefore the opportunity of improving planning and programming tools in relation to protection, use regulation and exploitation of natural resources. In this paper some results are briefly reporter about two direct surveys carried out in two important Natural Oriented Reserve in Sicily. The main aim of the study is to support in the process of territorial planning providing them with visitors' profiles, with the findings of a Customer Satisfaction Analysis and with the economic value concerning the tourist-recreational attractiveness.