Ortsbefolkningsens inställning till ny väg för lokaltrafik genom strövområden : fallstudie Broleden i Vänersborg = Local inhabitants attitudes to a new road for local traffic through recreational areas : a case study of Broleden in Vänersborg.

This study reports an opinion survey concerning the (now abandoned) road scheme Broleden i Vänersborg. The aim was to show how a survey of this type can be carried out, how the population can be divided into categories, questions formulated, and the result interpreted. A cost benefit analysis which was carried out does not take into consideration the negative effects on environment, such as visual instrusion and encroachment on recreational areas in green belts or in the countryside. But with the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) it is possible to get a rough idea of the costs of road encroachment on the environment. When it comes to the evaluation of a planned local road, a different approch can be applied. Simply by asking whether local people are for or against the road it is possible to find out how winners (such as driver) and losers (ramblers and residents living close to the road) weigh the advantages and disadvantages of the road, since they often are the same persons. (A)