The great increase in requests for the control of Pharaoh's ant [Monomorium pharaonis (L.)] in West Germany is noted, and the usefulness of experience gained in dealing with cockroach infestations for planning and executing control campaigns against the ant is pointed out. New buildings, whether...

Explains the principles introduced by Hotelling for assigning an economic value to the indirect benefits of forests and national parks used for recreation, and describes two methods of evaluation developed on this basis by Clawson and by Pearse, giving examples of their application in the USA.

In analyzing the impact of the tourist industry upon the agricultural sector in Jamaica, the paper focuses on the flow resources to both sectors during the period 1965 to 1972 as well as the growth and structure of the market for agricultural products within the tourist industry during the period....

The paper investigates the extent of linkage between agriculture and tourism in the Barbadian economy. The main emphasis is on identifying the extent to which favourable spill-over effects of tourism on agriculture have gone unutilized, and on analyzing the factors which created such a farming...

There is some evidence to suggest that there has been a perverse relationship between tourism and agriculture in at least some of the smaller Caribbean islands, where tourism and related construction activities grew rapidly during the 1960s. It is difficult to establish the respective significance...

Surveys of the distribution of cockroaches in buildings were carried out in Tokyo and Kawasaki, Japan, in 1972-74. In Tokyo, collection and identification of dead cockroaches from various types of buildings following insecticide treatment by pest control operators showed that of 286 buildings...

Briefly describes previous large-scale cost/benefit analyses in forestry and their applications [cf. FA 34, 1393]. The social benefits of forestry are then considered with particular reference to a recent study made by the author of the potential revenue from recreation versus that from timber...

The Pilis forest park comprises ca. 33 000 ha on the right bank of the Danube near Budapest, including the scenic area of the Danube Bend as well as Csepel Is. [S. of Budapest]. The park is managed as a state forest enterprise with nearly 50% of its area reserved for recreation. The duties of the...

An empirical study in the Hessen Rhone planning area examined how far farm households could contribute to the holiday accommodation in the area and what resources (labour, rooms, capital) were available. There are shown to be considerable resources available which should be taken into account in...

The impacts anticipated from various levels of development at the Big Sky resort area are summarized. The information reports the anticipated economic change in business within Montana resulting from the resort development. Most of the change in business activity will be centered in and around...