Air quality assessment by contingent valuation in Ji'nan, China

Wang, Yan; Zhang, Yisheng

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.03.011

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“…It is evident that the coefficient value 0.82 has the most significant effect in the model. The estimation result of this model is in accordance with the results shown in the study of Wang and Zhang [13], which indicate that household income/expense, respiratory diseases, education level, and opinions on air pollution and health-related issues are the significant variables that influence air quality improvement.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…Some methods have employed to measure the cost of air pollution: one method has estimated people's willingness to pay (WTP) based on determining total air pollution emissions or the concentration thereof [6][7][8][9][10]. Another method calculates people's WTP for reducing the health damage caused by air pollution [5,[11][12][13]. Since the 1998 implementation of air pollution control fees in Taiwan, fee collection has been limited to stationary sources of air pollution such as sulphur oxide and nitric oxide; for non-traditional pollutants such as carbon dioxide, only a vehicle refuelling tax has been adopted, and no common tax collection standards have been established.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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External Costs to Parties Involved in Highway Traffic Accidents: The Perspective of Highway Users

Jou

Chen

2015

Sustainability

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This study explores highway travellers' willingness to pay (WTP) for external costs caused by traffic accidents. There are a number of further external costs, the paper focuses on two externalities: air pollution and time delays. Data collection was performed using the face-to-face survey method, and the surveys were carried out at highway rest areas. Air pollution and time delays were divided into three levels of severity (light, moderate and severe) to obtain the interviewees' WTP according to each level of severity. The result of this study demonstrates that there are many samples with zero WTP because penalties for pollution caused by traffic accidents are not currently enforced in Taiwan. Thus, the spike model was adopted in this study to overcome any estimation error that might be caused by excessive NT$0 WTP samples. The results show that variables such as age, education, income and willingness to participate in activities of environmental protection have a positive effect on WTP for air pollution, whereas variables such as occupation, travel purpose, traveller identity, travel time and travel distance have a significantly positive effect on WTP for time delays. WTP for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is NT$8862-11,502/metric ton (US$1 = NT$30) and WTP for carbon dioxide (CO2) is NT$1070-2693/metric ton. Moreover, WTP for time delays is NT$960-1320/h. The findings of this study not only demonstrate WTP for air pollution and time delays in the minds of parties to traffic accidents but also help to provide agencies with a basis to formulate applicable penalties in the future. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 7311

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 85%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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External Costs to Parties Involved in Highway Traffic Accidents: The Perspective of Highway Users

Jou

Chen

2015

Sustainability

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“…Wang and Zhang [25] measured the WTP for improving the air quality of people living in Ji'nan, China using the CV technique. It also found that household income, whether they were spending money on treating respiratory diseases, whether they are aware of the connection between air pollution and health, and the level of education are factors that affect respondents' payment decisions.…”

Section: Method: Contingent Valuation (Cv)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…First, of the studies that measured people's WTP for reducing the PM 2.5 concentration remain scarce, more tackled particulate matter and air quality (e.g., [25][26][27][28][29][30]). In this regard, this study can contribute to the literature on the economic valuation of the public value of reducing the PM 2.5 concentration.…”

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Public Value of Enforcing the PM2.5 Concentration Reduction Policy in South Korean Urban Areas

Kim

Yoo

2018

Sustainability

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As the number of cars and the electricity produced from coal-fired generation has been increasing, PM 2.5 , particles smaller than 2.5 µm in diameter, has become a serious problem in South Korean urban areas. This is especially notable, given that the PM 2.5 warning was issued 89 times during 2016. Because of this, the South Korean government is seeking to enforce a policy of reducing the number of PM 2.5 warnings by half using various policy instruments from now until 2022. This article tries to obtain information about the public value of the enforcement. For this purpose, household willingness to pay (WTP) for the enforcement is investigated, applying the contingent valuation (CV) approach. A survey of 1000 households was carried out in South Korean urban areas. The data on the WTP were gathered using a dichotomous choice question and analyzed employing the spike model. The mean WTP estimate is obtained as KRW 5591 (USD 4.97) per household per year, which is statistically significant. The total public value expanded to the population amounts to KRW 98.9 billion (USD 87.8 million) per year. The information can be utilized in policy-making and decision-making about the reduction of the PM 2.5 concentration.

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“…That is, people with high education, income, and satisfaction levels showed higher WTPs and WTP values. (Huang et al, 2010), bilateral Spearman rank correlation analysis (Xu et al, 2007), regression analysis (Zong et al, 2008), and a probit model (Wang and Zhang, 2009) In addition, owing to weekdays and weekends, the intervals of investigation were somewhat longer to ensure the objectiveness of the data.…”

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Influencing the Willingness to Pay for Urban Park Service Functions

Song¹,

Cho²,

Lang³

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Journal of Environmental Science International

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The contingent valuation method (CVM) was used along with a questionnaire survey and field research methods to analyze the factors affecting willingness to pay (WTP) for urban parks in Tai . WTP was mainly affected by satisfaction, and WTP value was mainly affected by education level and income. Other factors had some correlation, but none were significant. Finally, some useful suggestions and references were given to the government in order to enhance the urban park services proposal.

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Air quality assessment by contingent valuation in Ji'nan, China

Cited by 100 publications

References 15 publications

External Costs to Parties Involved in Highway Traffic Accidents: The Perspective of Highway Users

External Costs to Parties Involved in Highway Traffic Accidents: The Perspective of Highway Users

Public Value of Enforcing the PM2.5 Concentration Reduction Policy in South Korean Urban Areas

Influencing the Willingness to Pay for Urban Park Service Functions

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