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Regional-scale non-market benefits of improved lakes and rivers when perceived and monitored ecological status diverge
- Source :
- Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. :1-19
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2023.
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Abstract
- There is increased call to demonstrate the benefits of EU Member States' river basin management plans, whose implementation has been delayed largely due to insufficient funding. This paper applies a contingent valuation study to investigate the benefit value of improved ecological status in river basins and the discrepancy between the quality of waters as perceived by river basin residents and as monitored under the Water Framework Directive. Respondents often reported worse quality for their focal water body than the monitored status indicated, a tendency established in a GIS analysis. The likelihood of such divergence increased most with degree of perceived deterioration of surface waters. Observed deterioration in waters, official status of one's focal water body and divergence between two quality measures had implications for welfare estimates. Describing water quality according to ecological criteria and as uniformly as possible would facilitate the use of valuation results in future benefit transfers.
- Subjects :
- Environmental benefits
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Water quality perceptions
Geography, Planning and Development
Perceived and monitored ecological status
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
519 Social and economic geography
EU water framework directive
Economic valuation
Stated preferences
512 Business and Management
1172 Environmental sciences
General Environmental Science
Water Science and Technology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 13600559 and 09640568
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cca20e98163b59d2efe7a83a9dc26c32