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Bethany Cooper1, Lin Crase1, Michael Burton2
1School of Business, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia.
Journal of environmental management
|October 19, 2023
概括
城市家庭显然愿意为环境水支付费用,即使它与他们自己的供应相竞争. 这项研究重视河流恢复,并为水资源管理策略提供信息.
科学领域:
- 环境经济学环境经济学
- 水资源管理水资源的管理.
- 城市规划是城市规划.
背景情况:
- 人口增长和气候变化压迫全球水资源,破坏河流和湿地.
- 关于环境水分配的现有研究主要研究与农业的权衡.
- 城市水资源管理往往忽视了河流恢复的价值和家庭愿意为环境水支付的价值.
研究的目的:
- 评估城市家庭愿意为增加环境水分配付费的意愿.
- 确定家庭支付增强环境水资源储备的动机.
- 为城市环境中河流恢复的价值提供一个新的视角.
主要方法:
- 使用选择建模和最佳-最差缩放,两个声明偏好技术.
- 专注于涉及城市环境中饮用水供应竞争的场景.
- 在澳大利亚墨尔本进行研究,这是一个快速增长的城市.
主要成果:
- 家庭表现出积极而显著的意愿,愿意为环境的额外水权付费.
- 确定了推动家庭对环境水资源储备的贡献的关键动机.
- 建立了评估替代供水成本与环境效益的基准.
结论:
- 城市家庭的捐款可以支持增加环境水分配.
- 这些发现为水资源管理者提供了宝贵的见解,他们考虑了诸如海水淡化等替代水源.
- 该研究为城市地区不同用途的水分配管理提供了实际建议.
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