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Main Title Measuring the Intangible Values of Natural Streams. Part II. Preference Studies and Completion Report.
Author Woolwin, George M. ; Dearinge, John A. ; Scroggi, Charles R. ; Calvi, James S. ;
CORP Author Kentucky Water Resources Inst., Lexington.
Year Published 1973
Report Number RR-66; DI-14-31-0001-3086; OWRR-B-015-KY; B-018-KY(2),; 05538
Stock Number PB-229 838
Additional Subjects Streams ; Public opinion ; Esthetics ; Sociometrics ; Kentucky ; Statistical analysis ; Attitudes ; Conservation ; Recreation ; Questionnaires ;
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NTIS  PB-229 838 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
This report describes the work done during Part II of a project which had as its aim the development of a way to quantify those intangible values peculiar to a small stream and its watershed. During the second part of the project: A method was developed whereby peoples' preferences for natural landscapes could be measured. The method utilized projected color slides and a rating system based on the semantic defferential; fourteen preference studies were conducted using different types of subjects and stimuli (color slides); the data were factor analyzed and scores computed for three factors (Natural Beauty, Force and Starkness) for each slide-subject group combination; the scenic content of each slide was measured and related to the factor scores by a series of linear regression equations; the uniqueness ratio approach was modified to include fewer stream characteristics (thirty-seven) and the work of Part I essentially repeated; and a new method of stream evaluation was developed which yields a factor score for a given stream on each of six factors (Scenic Attractiveness, Land Use-Topo, Litter, Aquatic Habitat, Extractive Industry, Development).