Estimating willingness to pay for watershed restoration in Flagstaff, Arizona using dichotomous-choice contingent valuation

Mueller, Julie M.

doi:10.1093/forestry/cpt035

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“…Our results seem to be within past ranges such as those reported by Roesch-McNally and Rabotyagov (2016) that ranged from US$ 115to 206 per household per year in voluntary payments for improved forest ecosystem services in Oregon, US, however of a local content. A median WTP of US$ 114.72 per household per year was obtained for protection of watersheds in Flagstaff, Arizona (Mueller, 2014). Our findings complement past studies that have focused on locally-occurring benefits and highlights opportunities for PES programs with transboundary benefits namely option and non-use values (e.g.…”

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“…Watersheds constitute some of the most commonly-targeted ecosystems by PES programs (Lin, 2014). Watersheds play an elemental role in water purification, provision and maintenance of suitable habitat for diverse aquatic and terrestrial species, while buffering against floods, droughts, and erosion (Calder & Aylward, 2006;Calder, Smyle & Aylward,2007).Multiple watershed PES schemes have been implemented and new ones continue to emerge as evidence strongly supports the cost-effectiveness of this conservation mechanism (Chichilnisky & Heal, 1998;Ernst, 2004;Hack, Kosmus, Kräuter & Somarriba, 2013;Kreye, Adams & Escobedo, 2014;Postel& Thompson, 2005;Stubbs, 2014.Past research has elicited the value derived through voluntary payments to enhance water quality and wildlife habitat conditions among direct users (Lin, 2014;Moreno-Sanchez, et al,2012;Mueller, 2014) but has neglected other indirect and non-use values. Distant beneficiaries of ecosystem services e.g.…”

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Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior in Predicting US Residents’ Willingness to Pay to Restore Degraded Tropical Rainforest Watersheds

Obeng¹,

Oduro²,

Obiri³

2019

JSD

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This study assessed US residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) to restore degraded tropical rainforest watersheds using predictors from the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in an experimental approach. Responses from a random sample of over 1000 US respondents were analyzed using a logistic regression with willingness to pay as the intended behavior predicted by attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and complementary explanatory variables. Subjective norm was the strongest of all the variables and the strongest TPB predictor of WTP. Other statistically significant variables predicting WTP included direct experience with the resource and support for environmental groups. Age, gender and education also significantly predicted WTP. Overall, 22 percent of respondents were willing to make an annual monetary contribution ranging from US$ 30.00 to US$ 150.00 through increase in income tax for five years. The economic value for the restored tropical rainforest watershed was estimated at US$ 146.32 per household per year.

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Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior in Predicting US Residents’ Willingness to Pay to Restore Degraded Tropical Rainforest Watersheds

Obeng¹,

Oduro²,

Obiri³

2019

JSD

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“…These include human attempts to restore or protect landscapes against anticipated effects of climate change. For example, forest thinning treatments are being implemented at an unprecedented spatial extent across Arizona to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires and postfire flooding and erosion (Covington, 2000;Mueller, 2013; U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, 2013). As another example, rock checkdams in catchments on "sky-island" mountain ranges of the desert southwestern United States are being used to retain more water, soil, and nutrients on these arid hillslopes (Nichols & Polyakov, 2019;Norman et al, 2015) under a climate that is warming, drying, and likely to experience more extreme rainfall.…”

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Geomorphic and Sedimentary Effects of Modern Climate Change: Current and Anticipated Future Conditions in the Western United States

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Sankey

2020

Reviews of Geophysics

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Hydroclimatic changes associated with global warming over the past 50 years have been documented widely, but physical landscape responses are poorly understood thus far. Detecting sedimentary and geomorphic signals of modern climate change presents challenges owing to short record lengths, difficulty resolving signals in stochastic natural systems, influences of land use and tectonic activity, long-lasting effects of individual extreme events, and variable connectivity in sediment-routing systems. We review existing literature to investigate the nature and extent of sedimentary and geomorphic responses to modern climate change, focusing on the western United States, a region with generally high relief and high sediment yield likely to be sensitive to climatic forcing. Based on fundamental geomorphic theory and empirical evidence from other regions, we anticipate climate-driven changes to slope stability, watershed sediment yields, fluvial morphology, and aeolian sediment mobilization in the western United States. We find evidence for recent climate-driven changes to slope stability and increased aeolian dune and dust activity, whereas changes in sediment yields and fluvial morphology have been linked more commonly to nonclimatic drivers thus far. Detecting effects of climate change will require better understanding how landscape response scales with disturbance, how lag times and hysteresis operate within sedimentary systems, and how to distinguish the relative influence and feedbacks of superimposed disturbances. The ability to constrain geomorphic and sedimentary response to rapidly progressing climate change has widespread implications for human health and safety, infrastructure, water security, economics, and ecosystem resilience. Plain Language Summary Climatic changes associated with global warming over the past 50 years have been documented widely, but physical landscape responses are poorly understood. Detecting landscape signals of modern climate change is difficult for many reasons but is important because these problems relate closely to human health and safety, infrastructure, water security, and ecosystems. We reviewed the scientific literature to investigate landscape responses to modern climate change in the western United States, focusing on slope failures, watershed sediment output, river shape, and wind-blown sediment. Some changes to slope stability and wind-blown sediment are evident, whereas factors other than climate have been more important thus far in controlling sediment output and river shape. We identify ways in which more information is needed from many more places, in the western United States and globally, to understand landscape response to ongoing climate change.

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“…Despite multiple criticisms, CV surveys have evolved to be one of the most viable methods of collecting household preference data with regard to public goods and ecosystem services (Carson, Gilmore, Perry, and Gronhaug, 2001; Champ, Boyle, and Brown, 2003; Carson, 2012). Calderon et al (2013), Kim et al (2018), Lalika et al (2017), Mueller (2014), and Vásquez and Rezende (2018) represent recent examples of CV studies that estimated households’ willingness to pay for watershed restoration and conservation. Following those studies, we designed a contingent valuation survey using best practices applicable to developing country contexts (Whittington, 1998; Gunatilake, Yang, Pattanayak, and Choe, 2007; Boyle, 2017; Johnston et al , 2017).…”

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Willingness‐to‐pay for water resource protection in El Salvador

Keough

Vásquez

2019

Water & Environment J

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Estimates of the economic value that the society assigns to improved water resources may help prioritize public investments in watershed protection. Using a contingent valuation survey, this study elicited household willingness to pay for watershed protection in two poor, semi-urban communities in El Salvador. Findings indicate that local households have strong preferences for protecting their watershed. The average willingness to pay is estimated at three US dollars per month, equivalent to 1.5% of the average monthly household income. Results also suggest that there is a significant willingness to pay differential between studied communities, and that more educated respondents are willing to pay more for watershed protection than less educated individuals. These estimates have the potential to influence investment decisions regarding watershed conservation in semi-urban areas.

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Estimating willingness to pay for watershed restoration in Flagstaff, Arizona using dichotomous-choice contingent valuation

Cited by 24 publications

References 24 publications

Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior in Predicting US Residents’ Willingness to Pay to Restore Degraded Tropical Rainforest Watersheds

Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior in Predicting US Residents’ Willingness to Pay to Restore Degraded Tropical Rainforest Watersheds

Geomorphic and Sedimentary Effects of Modern Climate Change: Current and Anticipated Future Conditions in the Western United States

Willingness‐to‐pay for water resource protection in El Salvador

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