Estimating willingness to pay for environment conservation: a contingent valuation study of Kanas Nature Reserve, Xinjiang, China

Han, Fang; Yang, Zhaoping; Wang, Hui; Xu, Xiu‐Hua

doi:10.1007/s10661-010-1798-4

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“…Four studies [7,[98][99][100] used contingent valuation to estimate regional or national populations' willingness to pay for existing protected areas in India, Brazil, China and Greece respectively, all four studies indicating generally positive welfare impacts of the PAs on these broad populations. A fifth study, Ascuito et al [101], similarly estimated local willingness to pay for a fire prevention programme in an existing protected area again finding positive welfare impacts.…”

Section: Economic Valuation Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Human well-being impacts of terrestrial protected areas

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Background: Establishing Protected Areas (PAs) is among the most common conservation interventions. Protecting areas from the threats posed by human activity will by definition inhibit some human actions. However, adverse impacts could be balanced by maintaining ecosystem services or introducing new livelihood options. Consequently there is an ongoing debate on whether the net impact of PAs on human well-being at local or regional scales is positive or negative. We report here on a systematic review of evidence for impacts on human well-being arising from the establishment and maintenance of terrestrial PAs. Methods: Following an a priori protocol, systematic searches were conducted for evidence of impacts of PAs post 1992. After article title screening, the review was divided into two separate processes; a qualitative synthesis of explanations and meaning of impact and a review of quantitative evidence of impact. Abstracts and full texts were assessed using inclusion criteria and conceptual models of potential impacts. Relevant studies were critically appraised and data extracted and sorted according to type of impact reported. No quantitative synthesis was possible with the evidence available. Two narrative syntheses were produced and their outputs compared in a metasynthesis.

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Section: Economic Valuation Studiesmentioning

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Human well-being impacts of terrestrial protected areas

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“…[15,16] Willingness to pay is widely used for placing value on health services and environmental conservation. [16][17][18][19][20][21] In this study, estimating willingness to pay would involve asking a sample of hospital managers for the maximum dollar (or pula) amount they would be willing to pay for a hypothetical increase in the cleanliness of a hospital.…”

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Cost-benefit analysis of outsourcing cleaning services at Mahalapye hospital, Botswana

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Cogswell

Buzwani

et al. 2015

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Objective: As part of its national privatization strategy to diversify the economy, Botswana has started outsourcing nonclinical services at seven public hospitals. Hospital managers are signing contracts without knowing whether outsourcing offers better value for money than "insourcing". The objective of this study is to assist hospital administrators in making evidence-based outsourcing decisions. Methods: We conducted a cost-benefit analysis of cleaning services at Mahalapye Hospital. We take the hospital manager's perspective when considering two alternatives: outsourcing, and "insourcing". We used an activity-based costing approach and monetised benefits by weighting costs of the alternatives based on a service quality survey of hospital managers. Results: After adjusting per quality of the service, outsourcing provides greater value for money in terms of "cleanliness per pula spent" than insourcing. Incremental costs of outsourcing are Botswana Pula (BWP) 5 million (US $524,135) over five years but outsourcing is cost-beneficial after considering quality. The benefit-cost ratio of 1.06 means that outsourcing would return six cents in value for every dollar invested, resulting in net gains for Mahalapye Hospital of BWP 1.7 million (US $182,365) over five years. Discussion: Important lessons for hospital managers include: 1) Assessing the value of outsourcing requires information on the unit price of the outsourced services; 2) Outsourcing can be more costly than insourcing; 3) Outsourcing may be justified if it increases the quality of the service; 4) Collaboration between hospitals and vendors could reduce costs and increase benefits for both vendor and purchaser; and 5) Outsourcing should get more cost-beneficial as vendors and hospitals gain experience working together. Conclusions: The lessons from this study are relevant to other hospitals considering outsourcing agreements. Outsourcing requires managerial skills, supported by sound benchmark data and proper quality monitoring to streamline operations, achieve value for money and improve service delivery so hospitals can focus on core clinical services.

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“…A variety of recent studies have shown a connection between the WTP of residents and their geographical location (Bateman et al 2006;Han et al 2011;Zhang et al 2011;Kanayo et al 2013). This case study investigates the hypothesis that the distance of the residents from the wetlands affects their WTP for wetland restoration.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These methods include open-ended questions (Yang et al 2008), a payment card (Xu et al 2003;Han et al 2011), dichotomous choice (Petrolia and Kim 2011;Zhao et al 2013), iterative bidding games, and referendums (Dutta et al 2007). This survey employed open-ended questions because only a few studies focused on the WTP of residents for supporting WRPs in Taihu Lake.…”

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Spatial disparities of the willingness of the residents to pay for the wetland restoration of Taihu Lake and its integration into decision making: a case study on Wuxi, China

Sun

Zhu

2015

Environ Monit Assess

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Many wetland restoration projects (WRPs) have been conducted to restore the wetland ecosystem since a massive bloom of cyanobacteria in Taihu Lake in the summer of 2007. The willingness to pay (WTP) of residents for wetland restoration was expected to exhibit spatial disparities that were used for decision making. In this study, correlation analysis, binary logistic regression, and linear regression were used to assess 400 questionnaires collected through a contingent valuation survey. Results indicated that WTP amounts and the probability of positive WTP decrease as the distance from the wetlands increases. Knowledge of WRPs was the only factor that influences whether the respondents pay in the close distance (<3 km) and medium distance districts (>3 and <10 km), whereas in the remote distance district (>10 km), gender and income also affected WTP decision aside from the knowledge of WRPs. In terms of WTP amounts, income was the determining factor in the three districts, whereas age was a factor in the medium distance area. Results also showed that the growth rate of the water price should vary according to the distance of the area from the location of the WRPs. The water price was recommended to be increased by US$ 0.522/ton, 0.520/ton, and 0.509/ton in the close, medium, and remote distance districts, respectively.

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Estimating willingness to pay for environment conservation: a contingent valuation study of Kanas Nature Reserve, Xinjiang, China

Cited by 68 publications

References 26 publications

Human well-being impacts of terrestrial protected areas

Human well-being impacts of terrestrial protected areas

Cost-benefit analysis of outsourcing cleaning services at Mahalapye hospital, Botswana

Spatial disparities of the willingness of the residents to pay for the wetland restoration of Taihu Lake and its integration into decision making: a case study on Wuxi, China

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