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来源类型 | FEEM working papers "Note di lavoro" series |
规范类型 | 论文 |
The Socio-Economic Value of Natural Riverbanks in the Netherlands | |
E.C.M. Ruijgrok; E.E.M. Nillesen | |
发表日期 | 2004 |
出处 | Climate Change and Sustainable Development |
出版年 | 2004 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Ecologists and economists both use a different approach to determine the value of nature. Its ecological value can be measured using criteria like rarity and diversity of species in an ecosystem. The economic value can be determined using non-market valuation techniques. This paper focuses on an empirical application of the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) to find out whether this valuation method is a suitable method to estimate the economic value of natural riverbanks in the Netherlands. Natural riverbanks will provide habitat for species that particularly depend on the land water transit area. Since common riverbanks do not provide this habitat, natural river banks increase biodiversity in the Netherlands. On the basis of technical and ecological characteristics nine different types of natural riverbanks were distinguished. For each type a laymen description was made. This description served as a basis for economic valuation by means of CVM. The results of the CVM study shows that the average willingness to pay for non-use of a natural riverbank varied between 16 and 25 Dutch guilders per household year. The willingness to pay for recreational use ranged from 1,07 to 2,50 guilders per visit. The generated outcomes proved to be consistent with results from other studies. At first sight, the economic value of natural riverbanks seemed to be higher than their construction and maintenance cost. |
关键词 | Nature friendly river banks,Land water interactions,Economic value,Nature,CVM,Non-use value |
URL | https://www.feem.it/en/publications/feem-working-papers-note-di-lavoro-series/the-socio-economic-value-of-natural-riverbanks-in-the-netherlands/ |
来源智库 | Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (Italy) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/117015 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | E.C.M. Ruijgrok,E.E.M. Nillesen. The Socio-Economic Value of Natural Riverbanks in the Netherlands. 2004. |
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