Willingness to pay for aesthetics associated with field windbreaks in Iowa, United States

Grala, Robert K.; Tyndall, John; Mize, Carl W.

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.07.005

Cited by 17 publications

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“…Overall, respondents on average were willing to pay US$ 2.2 to US$4.6/HH/year for AV service under different scenarios, which are similar to those reported by studies conducted in the USA, China and Spain (US$2.4 to US$7.0/HH/ year) (Grala et al 2012;Dou et al 2017;Torres-Miralles et al 2017). Other study results were high compared with our results (US$8.5 to US$24.5/HH/year) (Soy-Massoni et al 2016;Aguilar et al 2018).…”

Section: Willingness To Pay For Bequest Valuessupporting

confidence: 80%

Estimating the willingness to pay for regulating and cultural ecosystem services from forested Siwalik landscapes: perspectives of disaggregated users

Acharya

Maraseni

Cockfield

2021

Annals of Forest Science

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Key messageWe assessed forest users' willingness to pay (WTP) for regulating and cultural forest services based on their socio-economic status (rich vs. poor), proximity to forests (nearby vs. distant), and forest management modalities (community forestry vs. collaborative forest management). As expected, a huge variation was found in WTP among these sub-groups. The wealthier households (HH) preferred 'cash' whereas poor HHs preferred 'labour' as a payment option.• Context Forest's ecosystem services (FES) research have largely concentrated on aggregated economic valuation, while minimal consideration has been paid to distributional issues of willingness to pay (WTP) of many regulating and cultural services such as water quality improvement (WQI), flood control (FC), and bequest and aesthetic values. • AimsWe assessed WTP of high-priority FES to the various sub-groups (nearby/distant, rich/poor and community/collaborative forest users) and explored the preferred payment options among the sub-groups in the Siwalik landscape of Nepal.• Methods We carried out contingent valuation survey of 253 households (ranging from 31 to 33 households from each of the sub-groups). We performed the generalised linear mixed model (GLMM) to analyse the data in RStudio.• Results Spatial distance and wealth levels of the respondents play a crucial role in WTP of FES. GLMM analysis indicated that WTP of non-marketed FES differed in terms of cash and labour format. Generally, the WTP is higher in wealthier subgroups as a cash option. WTP in-terms of labour is a better option for poor HH.• Conclusion Disaggregated WTP should be considered while designing future forest management interventions.

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Section: Willingness To Pay For Bequest Valuessupporting

confidence: 80%

Estimating the willingness to pay for regulating and cultural ecosystem services from forested Siwalik landscapes: perspectives of disaggregated users

Acharya

Maraseni

Cockfield

2021

Annals of Forest Science

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“…Additionally, ref. [53] discovered that in Iowa, farm operators were willing to pay $3.09 for the improvement of aesthetics associated with field windbreaks and non-farmers were willing to pay $5.90 for the improvement of aesthetics associated with field windbreaks. People were more likely to perceive their immediate needs, such as aesthetic pleasure and entertainment [48]; however, there was insignificant WTP of planting aesthetics for residents of Xianyang.…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring Public Preference and Willingness to Pay for the Ecosystem Benefits of Urban Green Infrastructure: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment of Pilot Sponge Cities in China

Wu,

Zhang,

Han

et al. 2023

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Global extreme weather events such as rainstorms, floods and droughts have become increasingly frequent, posing significant threats to human beings worldwide. Green infrastructure has been implemented for decades to mitigate these issues. However, its widespread adoption in cities is still limited. A lack of sustainable funds was viewed as a great challenge for its widespread implementation. Many developed countries have practiced public participation and stormwater fee systems to mitigate these challenges. To assess the value that citizens place on the ecosystem benefits provided by urban green infrastructure is of great importance for increasing public participation and their willingness to pay. Thus, this paper aims to explore public preferences and their willingness to pay for the benefits of green infrastructure to support the construction and maintenance costs. A discrete choice experiment method was employed and five attributes were selected: reduction in run-off pollutant, degrees of ponding, plant type, planting aesthetics and the amount of payment. The Ngene1.2 software was used to generate a questionnaire, and data collected from the case cities, Xianyang and Xi’xian New Area, China, were analyzed using the mixed logit model. The results revealed that in Xianyang, the willingness to pay was not significantly associated with cognition, while in Xi’xian New Area, willingness to pay was positively related to cognition. Respondents exhibited a significant willingness to pay for green infrastructure to achieve reduced degrees of ponding in both cities, as well as improving planting aesthetics in Xi’xian New Area. Based on these findings, we conclude that government decision-makers should prioritize disseminating knowledge about green infrastructure to residents before implementing such projects in communities. The findings provide valuable insights into the potential economic value of urban green infrastructure and can guide policymakers and urban planners in making decisions regarding the design, implementation, and management of green infrastructure. This study contributes to the understanding of citizen perspectives and the economic evaluation of ecosystem services provided by urban green infrastructure.

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“…Xu et al (2020) and Tian et al (2020), for instance, found that residents' awareness of the economic value of urban green space and their perceptions of ecosystem service benefits increased their WTP for the conservation of those spaces in China. Perceived aesthetic benefits and the quality of the environment influenced the WTP for environmental protection and improvement (Grala et al, 2012;Liu et al, 2021a). Similarly, the perceived quality of urban parks strongly affects residents' WTP for nearby houses (Zhou et al, 2021).…”

Section: Perception and The Wtp For Environmental Assetsmentioning

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Residential open space and the perception of health benefits: How much is the public willing to pay?

Luo

Chen

et al. 2022

Journal of Environmental Management

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Willingness to pay for aesthetics associated with field windbreaks in Iowa, United States

Cited by 17 publications

References 52 publications

Estimating the willingness to pay for regulating and cultural ecosystem services from forested Siwalik landscapes: perspectives of disaggregated users

Estimating the willingness to pay for regulating and cultural ecosystem services from forested Siwalik landscapes: perspectives of disaggregated users

Exploring Public Preference and Willingness to Pay for the Ecosystem Benefits of Urban Green Infrastructure: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment of Pilot Sponge Cities in China

Residential open space and the perception of health benefits: How much is the public willing to pay?

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