Evaluation of the impact of policymakers’ decisions in the management capacity of protected areas: efficiency evidence from five countries
Protected areas play an important role in biodiversity conservation and tourism. Significant efforts have been made to increase the amount of protected lands. A problem of increasing the amount of public protected areas is that governments and other institutions face difficulties in providing the ne...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/379221 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/379221 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01729-1 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Environmental management Protected areas National parks and reserves Data envelopment analysis Tourism Management efficiency Efficiency evaluation National parks Management capacity Gestió ambiental Espais naturals protegits Parcs nacionals Anàlisi d'envolupament de dades Turisme Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses |
| Sumario: | Protected areas play an important role in biodiversity conservation and tourism. Significant efforts have been made to increase the amount of protected lands. A problem of increasing the amount of public protected areas is that governments and other institutions face difficulties in providing the necessary resources for effective management. Accordingly, managers must be as efficient as possible but the lack of comparative methods makes the evaluation of efficiency difficult. Using Data Envelopment Analysis, a non-stochastic and non-parametric approach, information from 29 protected areas in 5 countries was analyzed to compare management efficiency amongst them. The first result found is the level of management efficiency that each park has in comparison with the others parks. The other important result is a prediction of the changes in the outputs if there is a hypothetical budget change. These results allow the generation of information for decision making. |
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