The roles and attitudes of urbanites towards urban water insecurity. Case of the New Juaben Municipality, Ghana

Asibey, Michael Osei; Dosu, Benjamin; Yeboah, Vivian

doi:10.1007/s40899-019-00349-8

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“…Therefore, the high WTP estimates for Namhae might reflect the increased demand of the local residents for a stable water supply despite potentially recurring catastrophic events (Figure S1). This also indicated that an increase in stress due to climate change will likely increase the WTP for sustainable water supply services [47][48][49]. Furthermore, Figure 5 demonstrates that the large variability in the WTP may be attributed to different water supply performances among the surveyed local governments.…”

Section: Willingness-to-pay At the County Levelmentioning

confidence: 93%

Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Supply Services Based on Asset Management: A Contingent Valuation Study in South Korea

Kim

Shin

Hyung

et al. 2021

Water

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The pressure on water infrastructure has increased due to an increase in the number of aging water pipes. Aging pipes are prone to failure, causing significant financial losses and service disruptions. The increasing number of aged pipes and limited budget for pipe rehabilitation or replacement necessitates water infrastructure asset management to ensure sustainable water supply services. In this study, contingent valuation was used to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) and value improved water supply services through the implementation of asset management. To estimate the WTP at the individual and county levels, we performed a nationwide survey including eight provinces and 24 counties/cities with distinct water supply service performances. At the individual level, the median WTP estimated using the double-bounded dichotomous choice model was 249.50 KRW/month (0.22 USD/month). The results showed that high-level satisfaction of customers with water supply services and positive price perception of water bills resulted in a high WTP. At the county level, decreasing water supply service performances were associated with a low WTP, indicating that proper interventions by local utilities are required to achieve sustainable water supply services. Our results provide a quantitative basis for decision-making in implementation of water infrastructure asset management.

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Section: Willingness-to-pay At the County Levelmentioning

confidence: 93%

Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Supply Services Based on Asset Management: A Contingent Valuation Study in South Korea

Kim

Shin

Hyung

et al. 2021

Water

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“…Achieving water security in SSA may being by addressing water governance which is still at its infancy stage. Considering much of the water supply to urban areas in SSA is captured in rural areas, protecting rural catchments has the potential to improve urban water security and enhance rural livelihoods (TNC, 2016;Asibey et al, 2019). To achieve this, efforts are required to understand and to influence the behaviour of water users and other stakeholders (Okumah et al, 2019) as well as their willingness to support policies aimed at sustainable water resource management (Okumah et al, 2020).…”

Section: Water Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Food-energy-water security in sub-Saharan Africa: Quantitative and spatial assessments using an indicator-based approach

Nkiaka

Okpara

Okumah

2021

Environmental Development

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“…In this specific case, we assume that the elicited WTP is not affected by these other explanatory variables and thus, the B-estimate can be interpreted as the estimated average WTP. Subsequently, Model 2 incorporates households' demographic and socio-economic factors, since age, gender, income, and level of education have shown to be significant explanatory factors in the literature [29,65,66,73]. The inclusion of additional explanatory variables that may influence the WTP estimate leads to a second step in our analysis, since it enables the role played by these additional factors determining the estimated average WTP to be examined.…”

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“…The inclusion of additional explanatory variables that may influence the WTP estimate leads to a second step in our analysis, since it enables the role played by these additional factors determining the estimated average WTP to be examined. Perceptions on water scarcity and supply might also play a significant role in explaining WTP among our sample of households [66,73]. Therefore, Model 3 takes into account perception questions (Q1, Q2, and Q3), together with demographic and socio-economic factors.…”

Section: Descriptive Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…After the initial bid, the second bid price offered is higher or lower depending on the answer obtained to the first bid, as explained in previous sub-section. Similar groups of questions are used in previous recent studies, such as Martín-Ortega et al [38], Makwinja et al [63], Jian et al [65], and Asibey et al [66], among others.…”

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Valuing Households’ Willingness to Pay for Water Transfers from the Irrigation Sector: A Case Study of the City of Seville (Southern Spain)

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2019

Sustainability

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Water scarcity is increasing in many countries worldwide, and conflicts between alternative uses have arisen due to the high demand and the effects of climate change, among other factors. This paper employs a contingent valuation (CV) method to determine households’ willingness to pay (WTP) compensation to the irrigation sector to guarantee urban supply reliability under extreme water-scarcity conditions (e.g., during a drought period) through inter-sectoral water transfers. The data was obtained from a survey covering 250 households in the city of Seville. In order to estimate households’ WTP, a double-bounded approach is used. Results show that the average WTP would be between 2.53 and 2.59 euros (on a monthly basis), which would represent a viable annual water transfer of 14.3 Hm3 from the irrigation sector, which would be compensated accordingly. This study shows that inter-sectoral water transfers should be considered a viable adaptation measure to manage the consequences of water scarcity in urban areas.

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The roles and attitudes of urbanites towards urban water insecurity. Case of the New Juaben Municipality, Ghana

Cited by 10 publications

References 15 publications

Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Supply Services Based on Asset Management: A Contingent Valuation Study in South Korea

Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Supply Services Based on Asset Management: A Contingent Valuation Study in South Korea

Food-energy-water security in sub-Saharan Africa: Quantitative and spatial assessments using an indicator-based approach

Valuing Households’ Willingness to Pay for Water Transfers from the Irrigation Sector: A Case Study of the City of Seville (Southern Spain)

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