Assessing Local Communities’ Willingness to Pay for River Network Protection: A Contingent Valuation Study of Shanghai, China

Shang, Zhaoyi; Che, Yue; Yang, Kai; Jiang, Yu

doi:10.3390/ijerph9113866

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“…This is probably because of the seriously degraded water qualities in the these regions [21,27]. These residents' preferences regarding water quality concur with other nationals as in the report of Shang et al [28] for Shanghai residents who value water quality the most. Irrigation condition improvement policy scores about 91% in the Shiyang Basin and 80% in the Weihe Basin.…”

Section: How Important Is Each Environmental and Water Resource Policsupporting

confidence: 68%

The Local Residents’ Concerns about Environmental Issues in Northwest China

Aregay

Zhao

et al. 2016

Sustainability

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This paper analyzes public awareness and perception about current issues of environmental and water resources in China in comparison to the socio-economic issues. The ranking, Likert scale, and ordered logit analysis were applied to data from 1773 sample residents in northwest China. The results show that the residents rank the degradation of the ecological environment and water resources as the most important issue, and education, political involvement, gender, employment, and residential location play significant roles in explaining the observed differences in concern. Of the possible environmental and water resource restoration policies, residents ranked water quantity and quality, agricultural and industrial water use, erosion control, vegetation restoration, wildlife habitat, animal brooding and migration services, biodiversity landscape, and eco-tourism from one to nine in order of importance, respectively. The results are relevant for policymaking and imply that environmental restoration is a high public demand. Welfare gains from investments in it would be higher or equal to gains from other socio-economic and livelihood activities. Thus, public policies must emphasize restoring and maintaining a sustainable ecological environment.

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Section: How Important Is Each Environmental and Water Resource Policsupporting

confidence: 68%

The Local Residents’ Concerns about Environmental Issues in Northwest China

Aregay

Zhao

et al. 2016

Sustainability

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“…Here it should be noted that some papers with a primarily non-economic perspective still undertook economic valuations (e.g. Shang et al, 2012;Tong et al 2007;Vejre et al, 2010), often based on relatively unsophisticated benefits transfer approaches, rather than the explicit elicitation of values in the actual case studies.…”

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A review of urban ecosystem services: six key challenges for future research

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a b s t r a c tGlobal urbanization creates opportunities and challenges for human well-being and transition towards sustainability. Urban areas are human-environment systems that depend fundamentally on ecosystems, and thus require an understanding of the management of urban ecosystem services to ensure sustainable urban planning. The purpose of this study is to provide a systematic review of urban ecosystems services research, which addresses the combined domain of ecosystem services and urban development. We examined emerging trends and gaps in how urban ecosystem services are conceptualized in peer-reviewed case study literature, including the geographical distribution of research, the development and use of the urban ecosystem services concept, and the involvement of stakeholders. We highlight six challenges aimed at strengthening the concept's potential to facilitate meaningful inter-and transdisciplinary work for ecosystem services research and planning. Achieving a cohesive conceptual approach in the research field will address (i) the need for more extensive spatial and contextual coverage, (ii) continual clarification of definitions, (iii) recognition of limited data transferability, (iv) more comprehensive stakeholder involvement, (v) more integrated research efforts, and (vi) translation of scientific findings into actionable knowledge, feeding information back into planning and management. We conclude with recommendations for conducting further research while incorporating these challenges.

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“…Therefore, many studies have emphasized the importance of accessing the monetary value of intangible and non-market benefits of open urban green spaces (Jim & Chen, 2006). Studies assessing the economic value of natural resources such as ecosystem services, biodiversity and wildlife, cultural goods and waste and resource management have increased with the increased awareness of aesthetic, ecological and environmental and public social functions of these resources (Choi, Ritchie, Papandrea, & Bennett, 2010;Nielsen, Olsen, & Lundhede, 2007;Noonan, 2003;Shang, Che, Yang, & Jiang, 2012;Venkatachalam, 2004). In the past, aesthetic or scenic quality of environmental assets was valued using qualitative methods.…”

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Willingness to Pay for Urban Water Body Recreational Facilities: A Case Study at Diyatha Uyana

Ratnayake¹,

Wattege²,

Wickramaarachchi³

2018

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Revitalization of open water bodies into recreational areas are becoming widely popular in many parts of Sri Lanka. Understanding community perception and expectation on recreational development have important policy and cost-effectiveness implications. This paper explores the public perspectives on development, conservation and value of the open water recreational development at Diyatha Uyana and surrounding area. Contingent Valuation Method has been applied to estimate peoples' Willingness To Pay for recreational spaces in the selected area. A total of 300 residents from different socioeconomic backgrounds were selected randomly for the study. Enjoying peace and relaxation, taking children to play and breath clean air were mentioned as most important aspects of open water body areas. More frequent visits occur to enjoy peace and relaxation, breath clean air and enjoy the natural landscape. Almost all the participants were agreed upon conserving open water body areas in urban settings. Willingness to pay was significantly associated with income and occupation status. It yielded a monthly average payment of Rs.446.93 per household for another five years' time. The limited budget was the main reason for not willing to pay. This paper is significant as there is no contingent valuation method study has been carried on water body development in Sri Lanka.

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Assessing Local Communities’ Willingness to Pay for River Network Protection: A Contingent Valuation Study of Shanghai, China

Cited by 65 publications

References 48 publications

The Local Residents’ Concerns about Environmental Issues in Northwest China

The Local Residents’ Concerns about Environmental Issues in Northwest China

A review of urban ecosystem services: six key challenges for future research

Willingness to Pay for Urban Water Body Recreational Facilities: A Case Study at Diyatha Uyana

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