Valuing watershed quality improvements using conjoint analysis

Färber, Stephen; Griner, Brian

doi:10.1016/s0921-8009(00)00153-1

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“…Further research is warranted on the influence of program design attributes such as incentives, education programs, and assistance on WTP to protect water quality, and how the WTP for these programs compares to WTP for acquisition and easement strategies, as well as non-specified programs. Unfortunately, there are relatively few valuation studies that focus on the role of forest conservation to reduce pollution [36,39,41] compared to those that focus on WTP to improve water quality in polluted aquatic systems [13,[29][30][31][32][33]. We also see a need for identifying how information about the proposed program type may lead to WTP estimates that are more representative of actual WTP, and whether providing this information can reduce unexplained variation in econometric models of WTP.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Despite this, there are relatively few studies that adequately describe the forest conservation-water quality link in a valuation context. In the body of valuation literature addressing water quality issues, many studies focus on WTP to improve water quality in already polluted aquatic systems, for example [13,[29][30][31][32][33][34]. Such studies would be appropriate for assessing afforestation efforts (i.e., WTP to improve water quality through increased forest cover), but they are not compatible for assessing conservation efforts (e.g., WTP to prevent reductions in forest cover).…”

Section: Valuing Water Qualitymentioning

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The Value of Forest Conservation for Water Quality Protection

Kreye

Adams

Escobedo

2014

Forests

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Abstract:Forests protect water quality by reducing soil erosion, sedimentation, and pollution; yet there is little information about the economic value of conserving forests for water quality protection in much of the United States. To assess this value, we conducted a meta-analysis of willingness-to-pay (WTP) for protecting unimpaired waters, and econometrically determined several significant drivers of WTP: type of conservation instrument (tool), aquatic resource type, geographic context, spatial scale, time, and household income. Using a benefit transfer to two highly forested sites, we illustrate the importance of these factors on WTP for water quality protection programs, forest conservation and policy design.

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The Value of Forest Conservation for Water Quality Protection

Kreye

Adams

Escobedo

2014

Forests

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“…Conjoint surveys tend to be cognitively challenging (Huber 1997;Johnson et al 2000) and response rates are often lower than other types of simpler surveys (e.g. as low as 14% for Farber & Griner 2000).…”

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The non-extractive economic value of spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Rudd

2001

Envir. Conserv.

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SummaryIncreases in spiny lobster size and abundance have been observed within some marine protected areas (MPAs). To date, the potential economic benefits of these changes have been assumed to derive from the effects of emigration of adult lobster to adjacent fishing grounds and/or increased larval export to downstream nurseries that sustain fisheries. According to economic theory, these effects may provide consumptive (extractive) economic value to the fishery but are only part of the total economic value. Non-extractive economic value resulting from viewing wildlife may also have an important impact on the overall economic viability of some MPAs. This research examined scuba diver preferences in the Turks and Caicos Islands using a paired comparison conjoint survey and assessed the influence that spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) presence had on market share for dive charter packages of varying environmental quality and price. Market simulations showed significant increases in market share for dives where spiny lobsters were present, implying, for the first time, that spiny lobsters have non-extractive economic value. This non-extractive value of spiny lobster may have an important impact on the economic viability of some MPAs, especially those in regions like the Turks and Caicos Islands that are highly dependent on marineoriented nature tourism.

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“…Several of the reviewed studies already used the RFF ladder's water quality states and numeric indicators (i.e., 0 = not safe for human use; 2 = boatable; 5 = fishable; 7 = swimmable; 9 = drinkable), hence no adaptation was required and the water quality states were coded using the RFF ladder as a guide. However, a number of other studies used different water quality criteria based on severity of pollution [33], and quality of recreational fishing [31,34]. We therefore created the mapping guide illustrated in Figure 2 to include these variations in water quality scenarios, and coded the different water quality states in the meta-database accordingly.…”

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Valuing the Potential Benefits of Water Quality Improvements in Watersheds Affected by Non-Point Source Pollution

Álvarez

Asci

Vorotnikova

2016

Water

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Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution has been identified by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as "the nation's largest water quality problem". Urban development, septic systems, and agricultural operations have been identified as the major sources of diffuse pollution in surface and ground water bodies. In recent decades, urban and agricultural Best Management Practices (BMP) have been developed in several states to address agricultural water quality and water use impacts, including the reduction of nutrient loads to help meet water quality standards. Compliance with BMPs is associated with some costs to local governments, homeowners, and agricultural operations, but the improvements in water quality associated with BMP adoption are expected to yield significant benefits to society in the form of improved recreational opportunities, navigation, flood control, and ecosystem health. The development of sound policies and decision making processes require balancing the costs of BMP adoption to the agricultural operations with the social benefits to be derived from the improved water quality. In this paper we develop a benefits transfer model to provide estimates of the economic benefits of properly implemented and effective Best Management Practices (BMP) throughout the state of Florida. These benefit estimates can be used in a cost-benefit framework to determine the optimal level of BMP adoption throughout the state of Florida and provide a framework for other regions to estimate the potential benefits of BMP-mediated water quality improvements.

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Valuing watershed quality improvements using conjoint analysis

Cited by 63 publications

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The Value of Forest Conservation for Water Quality Protection

The Value of Forest Conservation for Water Quality Protection

The non-extractive economic value of spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Valuing the Potential Benefits of Water Quality Improvements in Watersheds Affected by Non-Point Source Pollution

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