10.2190/PUDC-W2AT-M7CK-79BB PUDCW2ATM7CK79BB 6 A Note on Impacts of Adjacent Land Use on Blue Ridge Parkway Operating Costs 157 160 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 PUDCW2ATM7CK79BB.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=PUDCW2ATM7CK79BB 2 Stephen A. Galea W. David Klemperer Gregory J. Buhyoff Champion International Corp., Hamilton, Ohio Virginia Tech School of Forestry, Blacksburg, Virginia The National Park Service has long been interested in effects of adjacent land uses upon costs of operating national parks. Although studies have described such effects, little work has been done to quantify them [1-4]. Objectives of this study were to determine how factors internal and external to the Blue Ridge Parkway affect the cost per visit and total cost of operating the Parkway. Parkway administrators were seeking information which could be useful in budgeting and land use planning. Only costs of administration and maintenance were considered, not construction or non-market costs such as scenic damage or congestion. American Society of Planning Officials, <i>Subdividing Rural America</i>, Council on Environmental Quality, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1976. R. J. Burby III, T. G. Donnelly, and S. F. Weiss, Vacation Home Location: A Model for Simulating the Residential Development of Rural Recreation Areas, <i>Regional Studies, 6</i>, Pergamon Press, pp. 421-439, 1972. J. A. Kusler, Public/Private Parks and Management of Private Lands for Park Protection, <i>IES Report 16</i>, University of Wisconsin, 1974. J. L. Sax, Helpless Giants: The National Parks and Regulation of Private Lands, <i>Michigan Law Review, 75</i>, p. 239, 1975.