Willingness to participate in the restoration of waters in an urban–rural setting: Local drivers and motivations behind environmental behavior

Sarvilinna, Auri; Lehtoranta, Virpi; Hjerppe, Turo

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2018.03.023

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“…Hernández-Sancho et al [38] highlighted that the effective implementation of IWRM/WEP to prevent water resources degradation and depletion requires determining their value in social and economic terms and incorporating this information into the decision-making process. In other words, the task of satisfying an increasing demand for water resources while avoiding the degradation of the ecosystem requires viable answers from economic and environmental view point [36]. In Malawi, a limited number of studies exist regarding the subject of economic valuation [39].…”

Section: Hypothesis Underpinnings Household's Wtpmentioning

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Determinants and Values of Willingness to Pay for Water Quality Improvement: Insights from Chia Lagoon, Malawi

2019

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Water resources in the Chia lagoon in Malawi experience a possible threat to sustainability. Communities are seeking alternatives to improve water quality in the lagoon. This study quantified the communities’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) and their influencing factors while using contingent valuation (CV) techniques. A wide range of data collection procedures, including focus group discussions, key informant interviews, field observation, and CV survey, were employed. A sample of 300 households was randomly selected. The CV results showed that 57.4% of the households were willing to pay. The monthly individual aggregate WTP amount ranged from MK696.83 (US$0.95) to MK81697 (US$111.38), and on average MK7870.45 (US$10.73), generating aggregate annual values ranging from MK6, 689,568 (US$9126.29) to MK784, 294,080 (US$1,069,978), and on average MK75,556,320 (US$103,078) (ceteris paribus). Logistic regression model demonstrated a significant (p < 0.01 or p < 0.05) relationship between demographic (gender, age, literacy level), social-economic (land ownership, main agriculture water source, and income), and institutional (civic education and social network, extension, institutional trust, household socio trust) factors and WTP. The findings from this study provide significant clues for further research and baseline information for local government and communities in the development of more effective and holistic approaches for improving water quality in natural ecosystems.

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Section: Hypothesis Underpinnings Household's Wtpmentioning

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Determinants and Values of Willingness to Pay for Water Quality Improvement: Insights from Chia Lagoon, Malawi

2019

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“…Therefore, as the beneficiaries of ecological restoration programs, neighboring residents are encouraged to participate in such programs [17,18]. Several studies have shown that public participation can effectively facilitate ecological restoration programs, including those related to water environment restoration, waste recycling reuse, public service provision, and ecological tourism resources [19][20][21][22][23][24]. In addition, factors such as individual characteristics and wealth have been verified to influence the public's willingness to participate [25,26].…”

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How Environmental Awareness and Knowledge Affect Urban Residents’ Willingness to Participate in Rubber Plantation Ecological Restoration Programs: Evidence from Hainan, China

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NengRui

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The rapid expansion of rubber plantations in Asian countries has led to various environmental problems. Therefore, local governments are implementing rubber plantation ecological restoration (RPER) programs as an essential solution. However, such programs can be implemented only if residents are intensely involved. Based on a survey of 521 urban households in Hainan Province, China, this study investigates the effect of environmental awareness and knowledge on residents’ willingness to participate in RPER programs. We employ a double-hurdle (DH) model to estimate residents’ participation in two stages. First, we determine whether residents wish to participate or not (PN). Then, we measure residents’ degree of willingness to participate (DWP). The results show that residents’ environmental awareness has a significant positive effect on whether they wish to PN but has no impact on their DWP. By contrast, residents’ environmental knowledge has a significant positive effect on whether they wish to PN and their DWP. The moderating effect shows that residents’ environmental knowledge significantly weakens the positive effects of their environmental awareness on whether they wish to PN. Moreover, residents’ age, educational level, employment, and place of residence substantially influence their DWP. The findings in this study can provide useful insights for policymaking on improving rubber plantation ecosystems.

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“…Theories underpinning ecosystem valuation The notion of ecosystem valuation (EV) rose as far back as around the 1960s (Bateman et al 2000). Later in the year, the concept gained a strong political momentum (Small et al .2017) and helped environmental economists to conventionally address natural ES changes (Martínez-Paza et al, 2014;Sarvilinna et al 2018). In 1995, United Kingdom Environmental Act established Environmental Agency (EA) which was mandated to take into account environmental costs and benefits arising from its policies (Bateman et al2000).…”

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Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Insight From Lake Malombe, Malawi

Makwinja

Mengistou

Kaunda

et al. 2021

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Lake Malombe is endowed with a variety of ecosystem services (ES) that have a considerable economic value. This study used, a combination of market-based and value transfer techniques to evaluate the lake ES. The results showed that the annual economic value of Lake Malombe ES is estimated at US$ 40.68million, equivalent to US$635.63/hh/yr. The ecosystem provisioning service (EPS) is ranked the highest (87.45%) in terms of contribution, followed by biodiversity (8.64%), flood regulation (3.70%) then carbon sequestration, culture, and aesthetic services. The ES quality index ranks culture and aesthetic services as the lowest suggesting that investment in the tourism industry in Lake Malombe is not much advanced. Although this study did not take into account all ES components such as non-use values and other regulatory services, the estimated total annual ES value of US$ 40.68million derived from Lake Malombe provides a strong basis for a need to design an economic incentive model to encourage the local communities to take responsibility for managing the lake. Any decline in the supply of ES can eventually worsen poverty and push the local population to desperately over depend on EPS and degrade even the areas deemed to be conserved for future generations thereby creating a vicious circle of poverty and ecosystem disservices. This study provides a significant insight into the trade-offs between ES and diverse stakeholders. Balancing the interest of local communities given the importance of EPS in sustaining their livelihoods and that of global communities is required to effectively manage the lake.

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Willingness to participate in the restoration of waters in an urban–rural setting: Local drivers and motivations behind environmental behavior

Cited by 34 publications

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Determinants and Values of Willingness to Pay for Water Quality Improvement: Insights from Chia Lagoon, Malawi

Determinants and Values of Willingness to Pay for Water Quality Improvement: Insights from Chia Lagoon, Malawi

How Environmental Awareness and Knowledge Affect Urban Residents’ Willingness to Participate in Rubber Plantation Ecological Restoration Programs: Evidence from Hainan, China

Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Insight From Lake Malombe, Malawi

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