Résumé
The recognition of recreational and conservation benefits of protected areas provides a usable economic rationale for their management. The value of recreational and conservation benefits of the Bãngr-Weoogo urban parks at Ouagadoudou in Burkina Faso is evaluated using choice experiment. We aim to see if visitors’ preferences shared between recreation and biodiversity of urban park, at first views divergent, can be reconcilable in developing countries context by identifying trade-offs between the different characteristics of the park. Our results show that current Park is preferred and increase of biodiversity level is the feature able to improve the visitors’ well-being. Likewise, modification of current recreational restrictions or the increase of relaxing areas reduces their welfare.