Environment as Cultural Heritage : The Armenian Diaspora’s Willingness to Pay to Protect Armenia’s Lake Sevan

This paper presents a study of willingness-to-pay of the Armenian Diaspora in the United States to protect Armenia's Lake Sevan, a unique and precious symbol of the Armenian cultural heritage. Dichotomous choice contingent valuation questions were asked by mail surveys to elicit respondents...

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Main Authors:	Laplante, Benoit, Meisner, Craig, Wang, Hua
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACID DEPOSITION AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES ARCHEOLOGY ART BASIN BENEFIT ANALYSIS BIDDING CHURCHES CITIES COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION CONTINGENT VALUATION CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD COST ANALYSIS COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES CULTURAL HERITAGE CULTURAL POLICY CULTURAL RESOURCES CULTURAL SOCIETIES DICHOTOMOUS CHOICE DISCHARGE DIVERSION DRAINAGE ECOLOGY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC RENTS ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS ECOSYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION EXTERNALITIES FISH GRAZING HISTORIC BUILDINGS HOUSING HYDROELECTRIC POWER IMMIGRATION INCOME INJURIES IRRIGATION JOURNALS LAKES LIBRARIES LIBRARY SERVICES LITERATURE MARSHES MEDIA MIDDLE EAST MONASTERIES MONUMENTS MUSEUM MUSEUMS MUSIC NON-USE VALUES OPTION VALUE PARENTS PERCEPTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POWER GENERATION PRESENT VALUE PRESERVATION PUBLIC GOODS RADIO RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES REHABILITATION RESTORATION RIVER RIVERS SAVINGS SCHOOLS SCIENCES SEA SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL SCIENCES SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TOURISM VISUAL ARTS WATER LEVEL WATER QUALITY WATER USE WATER WITHDRAWAL WATERSHED WETLANDS WILLINGNESS TO PAY WORLD HERITAGE SITES
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Environment as Cultural Heritage : The Armenian Diaspora’s Willingness to Pay to Protect Armenia’s Lake Sevan

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