What are Barrier Islands Worth? Estimates of Willingness to Pay for Restoration

Public demand for remediating a local ecosystem: comparing WTP and WTA at Hongze Lake, China

“…Public demand for lake improvement: comparing WTP and WTA respectively, which are both normally distributed (Petrolia and Kim 2009). …”

Valuing the storm protection service of estuarine and coastal ecosystems

“…, Das and Crépin (2013) and Das and Vincent (2009), mangroves, India Barbier (2007Barbier ( , 2012, Barbier et al (2008) and Sathirathai and Barbier (2001), mangroves, Thailand Barbier and Enchelmeyer (2014) and Barbier et al (2013), marsh, SE Louisiana, US Chong (2005), mangroves and coral reefs, various regions Costanza et al (2008), marsh, US Atlantic and Gulf Coasts Farber (1987), marsh, Louisiana, US King and Lester (1995) and Mangi et al (2011), marsh, United Kingdom Landry et al (2011), coastal wetland restoration, US Laso Bayas et al (2011), mangroves, Aceh, Indonesia Petrolia and Kim (2009), barrier islands, Mississippi, US Petrolia and Kim (2011) and Kim and Petrolia (2013), marsh, Louisiana, US Petrolia et al (2014), coastal wetland and barrier island restoration, Louisiana, US Pompe and Rinehart (1994), beaches, South Carolina, US Wilkinson et al (1999), coral reefs, Indian Ocean…”

America’s Wetland? A National Survey of Willingness to Pay for Restoration of Louisiana’s Coastal Wetlands

“…However, it is unclear which of their welfare estimates is most comparable to ours. Their survey did not explain to respondents that one of the benefits of coastal wetland restoration is flood protection, which has been found to be a major (if not the leading) perceived benefit of coastal restoration in Louisiana and Mississippi (Farber 1987(Farber , 1996Farber and Costanza 1987;Kim 2009, 2011). Additionally, the scale of restoration was not specified, nor did the flood protection specified in their survey extend beyond the city of New Orleans.…”

“…The survey focused on three main benefits of restoration, which served as choice attributes: improved wildlife habitat, mea-5. See Bauer, Cyr, and Swallow (2004); Bergstrom et al (1990);Brander, Florax, and Vermaat (2006);Brouwer et al (1999);Carlsson, Frykblom, and Liljenstolpe (2003); Christie et al (2006); Johnston et al (2011);Kazmierczak (2001a,b,c); McVittie and Moran (2010); Milon and Scrogin (2006); Petrolia and Kim (2009) ;Petrolia, Moore, and Kim (2011);and Woodward and Wui (2001). sured as the percentage of created land generally suitable for wildlife habitat; storm surge protection, measured as the percentage of residents in the area that would have improved storm surge protection; and improved commercial fish harvest, measured as the percentage improvement in harvest levels of major commercial (Gulf of Mexico) fish, such as oysters and shrimp. The specific levels of changes to these ecosystem services depended on the version of the survey each respondent received, as detailed in the next paragraphs.…”