Evaluating alternative “countermeasures” against food contamination resulting from nuclear accidents

Hanley, Nicholas; Salt, C. A.; Wilson, Michael P.; Culligan-Dunsmore, Meara

doi:10.1111/j.1477-9552.2001.tb00927.x

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“…This problem also holds for use values, for example when local people benefit from the improvement of river quality. Very little is known about this issue at present, although such functions have been identified by some authors [54][55][56][57].…”

Section: Validity and Calibration Within The Environmental Economicsmentioning

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Estimating the monetary value of health care: lessons from environmental economics

2002

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In the recent past, considerable effort in health economics has been made on applying stated preference methods such as contingent valuation and choice experiments. Despite this increased use, there is still considerable scepticism concerning the value of these approaches. The application of contingent valuation in environmental economics has a long history and has been widely accepted. Whilst choice experiments were introduced to the environmental and health economics literature at a similar time, the wider acceptance of monetary measures of benefit in environmental economics has meant that they have also been more widely applied. The purpose of this paper is to identify some of the key issues and debates that have taken place in the environmental economics literature, summarise the state of the art with respect to these issues, and consider how health economists have addressed these issues. Important areas for future research in health economics are identified.

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Section: Validity and Calibration Within The Environmental Economicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Estimating the monetary value of health care: lessons from environmental economics

2002

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“…Examples of the use of distance-decay functions may be found in Pate and Loomis (1997), Bateman and Langford (1997), Bateman et al (2000), Hanley et al (2001), and Georgiou et al (2000). In the Bateman and Langford study, WTP for protecting the Norfolk Broads declined from a mean value of £39/household/year at a distance of 20 km, to £13.90 at a distance of 110-150 km away from the Broads area.…”

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Aggregating the benefits of environmental improvements: distance-decay functions for use and non-use values

Hanley

Schläpfer

Spurgeon

2003

Journal of Environmental Management

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One of the main problems in using environmental cost -benefit analysis is deciding on the relevant population: whose benefits should we count? This is important since aggregate benefits depend on both per-person benefit and the number of beneficiaries. Yet this latter term is often hard to evaluate. Distance-decay functions are one way of addressing this problem. In this paper, we present estimates of distancedecay functions for a particular environmental improvement, namely a reduction in low flow problems on the River Mimram in Southern England. We do this both for users and non-users, in the context of a contingent valuation study of the benefits of improving low flow conditions. We test whether distance-decay effects for mean Willingness to Pay are stronger for a single environmental good (the River Mimram, in this case) than for a more inclusive set (here, all rivers in Thames region which suffer from low flow problems). Finally, we explore the impact on part -whole bias, in terms of the relationship between WTP for an individual site and WTP for a more inclusive group of sites, of allowing for distance-decay effects. q

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“…Hanley et al (: 298) defines distance decay as “the phenomenon whereby the mean value placed on a given environmental improvement falls, the farther away an individual lives from this improvement.” This concept has been applied to a number of different situations such as cultural/linguistic, human settlement and ecological analyses. In the various applications, the distance decay effects have been analysed using a quantitative model framework, such as the spatial demand model (Bateman and Langford, ; Bateman et al , ; Hanley et al, ).…”

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Resource utilization conflict in downstream non‐resettled communities of the Bui Dam in Ghana

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Yankson²,

Asiedu³

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Natural Resources Forum

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In this study, we examined the downstream social impacts of Ghana's Bui Dam and identified resource use conflicts in the non-resettled communities within a 30 km stretch along the course of the Black Volta River below the dam. Through household survey questionnaires and focus group discussions, data were collected from farming and fishing communities in seven downstream non-resettled communities. Data analysis was guided by the distance decay concept and matrix framework on the social impacts of dams. The results indicate that the construction of the Bui Dam has led to improvements in social infrastructure with positive multiplier effects in a spatially differentiated manner. On the other hand, the influx of migrants and the resultant land and water resource use conflicts have adversely affected farming and fishing, which are the main sources of livelihoods in the communities. Policies to regulate natural resource use around dams were recommended to be considered in dam planning and execution to safeguard the livelihoods of local downstream populations.

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Evaluating alternative “countermeasures” against food contamination resulting from nuclear accidents

Cited by 5 publications

References 20 publications

Estimating the monetary value of health care: lessons from environmental economics

Estimating the monetary value of health care: lessons from environmental economics

Aggregating the benefits of environmental improvements: distance-decay functions for use and non-use values

Resource utilization conflict in downstream non‐resettled communities of the Bui Dam in Ghana

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