CONTINGENT VALUATION STUDY OF THE PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SYDNEY METROPOLITAN AREA

1996 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
KWABENA A. ANAMAN ◽  
STEPHEN C. LELLYETT
Keyword(s):  
Contingent Valuation ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Contingent Valuation Study ◽  
The Public ◽  
Valuation Study ◽  
Weather Service

Estimating the Value of Statistical Life in China: A Contingent Valuation Study in Six Representative Cities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaoji Cao ◽  
Xinke Song ◽  
Wenjia Cai ◽  
Yichao Li ◽  
Jianhui Cong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Contingent Valuation ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Value Of Statistical Life ◽  
Contingent Valuation Study ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Statistical Life ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Valuation Study

Abstract Incorporating the health impacts into all kinds of policy decisions has become the shared expectations of policymakers and the public, hoping to obtain the most significant health benefits with the least policy costs. The value of statistical life (VSL), which represents the additional cost that individuals are willing to reduce the risk of death, is a core tool for monetizing health impacts. Though VSL has been widely studied internationally, the existing VSL research in China has limitations on regional representativeness, questionnaire design, and discussion of influencing factors. To fill these research gaps, we selected six representative cities in six typical provinces based on cluster analysis and conducted a face-to-face contingent valuation interview (n=3936) from March 7, 2019, to September 30, 2019, using the hypothetical vaccine as the payment tool followed by double-bounded dichotomous choice questions. The respondents' willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce the death risk from air pollution was elicited and used to quantify the VSL of typical urban residents. Also, we discussed the determinants of WTP and VSL in comparison with previous studies. Results showed that the WTP varied from 455-763 yuan, corresponding to a VSL range of 3.79-6.36 million yuan (price in 2019) in different cities. Therefore, the VSL in China in 2019 was estimated to be 5.10 million yuan, which was 1.2-41 times of the previous studies (in 2019 price). It was also proven that influencing factors such as monthly expenditure levels, environmental concerns, risk attitudes, and assumed market acceptance, which had been seldom discussed in previous studies, had significant impacts on the WTP and the VSL. There were substantial differences in the influencing factors of residents' WTP in different cities, which provided a reasonable explanation for the large gap of the VSL among six representative cities.

Untapped demand for heritage: A contingent valuation study of Prinsep Ghat, Calcutta

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mousumi Dutta ◽  
Sarmila Banerjee ◽  
Zakir Husain
Keyword(s):  
Contingent Valuation ◽  
Contingent Valuation Study ◽  
Valuation Study

Willingness to pay for more sustainable e-waste management: a contingent valuation study in greece

2012 ◽  
pp. 19-35
Author(s):  
Charisios Achillas ◽  
Christos Vlachokostas ◽  
Avraam Karagiannidis ◽  
Eftichios Sophocles Sartzetakis ◽  
Nicolas Moussiopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Contingent Valuation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Industrial Ecology ◽  
Contingent Valuation Study ◽  
Adequate Funding ◽  
Weee Recycling ◽  
Valuation Study ◽  
Environmentally Sound

Management of Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE also called e-waste) has become an issue of critical importance recently also in the frame of industrial ecology besides waste management per se, mostly due to their content in hazardous materials and the extensive implications of any intervention in a broad industrial spectrum. The effectiveness of any landfill diversion scheme depends on its acceptance by the local community and the industry, as well as adequate funding. This paper presents a contingent valuation approach in order to examine public environmental awareness and to assess the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for the environmentally sound management of WEEE in Greece, based on a suitable, customized and easy-to-comprehend questionnaire. The survey revealed a still relative public ignorance on the subject and a reluctantly limited WTP. The latter is mostly triggered by the fact that respondents believed that associated expenses should be covered either by authorities or manufacturers (protest votes). However, based on the responses of those declaring a positive WTP, the average fee respondents are willing to pay exceeds the current recycling fee. Thus, existing recycling fees could be potentially increased in order to cover additional expenses for the development of infrastructure in areas not currently included in the national WEEE recycling program, as well as to provide the public with a dense network of disposal sites/bins in an effort to boost participation and WEEE recycling rates.

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