Managing coastal area resources by stated choice experiments

Liu, Xin; Wirtz, Kai W.

doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2009.02.020

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“…Thus, compared to individuals with fewer or no alternative options for work, having opportunities to engage in salaried work considerably lowers a person's required compensation. However, these results differ from Liu and Wirtz (2010) findings, which showed that households with less children and higher monthly income are more likely to state that they are willing to pay for protection options to prevent coastal resources from oil pollution. The protection options resulted in not only a direct economic loss for fishermen but also uncertain consequences for rural communities that are dependent on fishing for their subsistence.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…The first study to apply choice experiments to non-market valuation of environmental resources was by Adamowicz et al, 1994, followed by an increasing number of studies (see Boxall et al, 1996;Carlsson et al, 2003;Birol and Cox, 2007;Liu and Wirtz, 2010;Jobstvogt et al, 2014). The application of CE for environmental policy and planning is relatively recent and of growing interest in developing countries (e.g., Kaffashi et al, 2012;Jalili and Sharzehi, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Coastal Communities WTA Compensation for conservation of mangrove forests: a choice experiment approach

Mashayekhi¹,

Danehkar²,

Sharzehi³

et al. 2016

Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.

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-Protection of mangrove forests entails the decrease and restriction of their injudicious uses by local people and therefore imposes opportunity costs on poor local communities, which often depend on these forest resources for their subsistence. This study aims to quantify the economic opportunity cost of conservation for coastal communities living in areas adjacent to mangrove forests in the southern coasts of Iran. The main commercial uses of the mangrove forests in this area are restricted to fishing, tourist boating trips, and limited leaves cutting. We applied a choice experiment method to measure the costs of the forest exploitation reduction under hypothetical protection scenarios in which local users would receive monetary compensation to lessen or forgo mangrove forest utilization. The results showed that local communities are willing to accept lower compensation when the protection is meant to decrease the frequency of Hara cutting and fishing, as opposed to banning recreational opportunities. The mean WTA was estimated to be 55 662 500 IRR.hsld −1 .yr −1 (2026 USD), which was generally lower than opportunity costs in the form of foregone income. Before implementing any policies related to equity, our findings can provide policymakers with useful prior knowledge and prescription. Key-words:Compensation / willingness to accept / hara cutting / fishing / recreational opportunities Résumé -Volonté de communautés côtières à accepter une compensation pour la conservation de forêts de mangrove : une méthode d'expérimentation des choix. La protection des forêts de mangroves entraîne la diminution et la restriction de leurs utilisations excessives par les populations locales et impose donc des coûts d'opportunité sur les communautés locales pauvres, qui dépendent souvent de ces ressources forestières pour leur subsistance. Cette étude vise à quantifier le coût d'opportunité économique de la conservation pour les communautés côtières qui vivent dans les zones adjacentes aux forêts de mangroves dans les côtes du sud de l'Iran. Les principales utilisations commerciales des forêts de mangroves dans cette région sont limitées à la pêche, aux voyages en bateau de tourisme, et à la coupe de feuilles réglementée. Nous avons appliqué une méthode d'expérimentation des choix pour mesurer les coûts de la réduction de l'exploitation forestière dans des scénarios hypothétiques de protection dans lesquels les utilisateurs locaux recevraient une compensation monétaire pour réduire ou renoncer à l'utilisation de la forêt de mangrove. Les résultats ont montré que les communautés locales sont prêtes à accepter une compensation inférieure lorsque la protection est destinée à diminuer la fréquence de la coupe du Hara et la pêche, par opposition à l'interdiction de possibilités de loisirs. La WTA moyenne a été estimée à 55.662.500 IRR.hsld −1 .yr −1 (2026 USD), ce qui était généralement plus bas que les coûts d'opportunité sous forme de manque à gagner. Avant la mise en oeuvre des politiques relatives à l'équité, nos résul...

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confidence: 99%

Coastal Communities WTA Compensation for conservation of mangrove forests: a choice experiment approach

Mashayekhi¹,

Danehkar²,

Sharzehi³

et al. 2016

Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.

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“…However, ranking for pollution effect was obtained through a questionnaire in a pilot survey, in which a questionnaire was presented to research scientists working at the coastal institute. It should be addressed that such a pilot survey involving a small number of respondents could lead to uncertain and biased result (Liu and Wirtz, 2010). For accurate quantification of pollution effect in the next work, it is suggested that exact market valuation of coastal areas in money terms to be applied.…”

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Assessing oil spill risk in the Chinese Bohai Sea: A case study for both ship and platform related oil spills

Liu

Meng

Xing

et al. 2015

Ocean & Coastal Management

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Article history: Available online xxx a b s t r a c t Many oil spill accidents have occurred in the Chinese Bohai Sea recently because of extensive offshore oil exploitation and maritime transportation. In this study we made an attempt towards the development of a probabilistic model assessing the oil spill risks for the Bohai Sea. We utilized satellite images together with historic accident data from 1973 to 2002 and information from literature to establish probability of oil spills, which was then adjusted for the consequence of spill impacts. The assessment represented a distribution of oil spill risk in the study area. Totally, seven high risk zones have been identified, providing useful information on the optimal locations for oil spill recovery and cleanup equipment to improve spill-response readiness in the region. We anticipated that the results would contribute to the mitigation of the harmful effects of future oil spills in the Bohai Sea, if the presented model was used with care.

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“…However, where these two qualitative methods are applied for attribute generation, very often little or no description is provided, thus leaving room for doubt whether these are indeed all relevant and encompassing (Coast et al, 2012, Abiiro et al, 2014, Armatas et al, 2014. Environmental CE studies which do not perform qualitative work assume that selecting attributes based on previous work, literature review or "discussions" suffices (Li et al, 2004, Rajmis et al, 2009, Liu and Wirtz, 2010. Information about the amount of time taken to select attributes and the type of stakeholders are frequently lacking.…”

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Towards a more structured selection process for attributes and levels in choice experiments: A study in a Belgian protected area

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The process of selecting attributes for inclusion in choice experiments frequently involves qualitative methods such as focus groups and interviews. In order for a choice experiment to be successful and the results to be valid, this qualitative selection process is essential. It often lacks rigour and is poorly described, particularly in environmental choice experiments. We propose a meticulous attribute and attribute-level selection process consisting of a scoring exercise and an interactive discussion. This paper provides a case study describing how attributes and attribute-levels were identified and selected for the National Park Hoge Kempen in Belgium. We carried out four focus groups and thirteen semi-structured interviews with various park stakeholders to select attributes from six categories: the four categories of ecosystem services (supporting, provisioning, regulating, cultural), infrastructure, and land use types. The top-ranked characteristics were nature conservation, natural forests, biodiversity refuge, wetlands, landscape variety, heathlands, air purification, and education.Both the scoring exercise and the interactive discussion contributed to the attributes selected for the CE. Following these, an ultimate expert consultation stage is recommended to approve both the attribute and attribute-level selection. The semi-qualitative protocol proposed in this paper can help practitioners and demonstrates how the results guide choice experiment design.

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Managing coastal area resources by stated choice experiments

Cited by 17 publications

References 29 publications

Coastal Communities WTA Compensation for conservation of mangrove forests: a choice experiment approach

Coastal Communities WTA Compensation for conservation of mangrove forests: a choice experiment approach

Assessing oil spill risk in the Chinese Bohai Sea: A case study for both ship and platform related oil spills

Towards a more structured selection process for attributes and levels in choice experiments: A study in a Belgian protected area

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