Socio-economic reason to save an international wetland
A contingent valuation study was conducted to investigate the values of Shadegan International Wetland to the non-current users of this ecosystem. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was employed to model the effect of respondents attitudinal and sociodemographic characteristics on their willingness...
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| description | A contingent valuation study was conducted to investigate the values of Shadegan International Wetland to the non-current users of this ecosystem. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was employed to model the effect of respondents attitudinal and sociodemographic characteristics on their willingness to pay (WTP). Results showed that respondents’ concerns on wetland management, income and education had direct effect on their WTP. Results of non-parametric and binary logit models to estimate WTP showed that respondents were willing to donate US$2.75 and US$3.18 per household per month, respectively. Simulation of results for future scenarios showed that only if income increment would be more than price increase, the market share of better conservation scenarios of wetland will increase. Estimated benefit was compared with opportunity cost of the wetland for other land uses. The results concluded that regardless of enormous benefits of wetland in limitless time, the current benefit of preservation wetland is economically valuable. |
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| spelling | upm-463232022-06-17T07:59:19Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46323/ Socio-economic reason to save an international wetland Kaffashi, Sara Shamsudin, Mad Nasir Radam, Alias Abdul Rahim, Khalid A contingent valuation study was conducted to investigate the values of Shadegan International Wetland to the non-current users of this ecosystem. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was employed to model the effect of respondents attitudinal and sociodemographic characteristics on their willingness to pay (WTP). Results showed that respondents’ concerns on wetland management, income and education had direct effect on their WTP. Results of non-parametric and binary logit models to estimate WTP showed that respondents were willing to donate US$2.75 and US$3.18 per household per month, respectively. Simulation of results for future scenarios showed that only if income increment would be more than price increase, the market share of better conservation scenarios of wetland will increase. Estimated benefit was compared with opportunity cost of the wetland for other land uses. The results concluded that regardless of enormous benefits of wetland in limitless time, the current benefit of preservation wetland is economically valuable. Taylor & Francis 2015-02 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46323/1/Socio-economic%20reason%20to%20save%20an%20international%20wetland.pdf Kaffashi, Sara and Shamsudin, Mad Nasir and Radam, Alias and Abdul Rahim, Khalid (2015) Socio-economic reason to save an international wetland. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 12 (1). pp. 67-83. ISSN 1943-815X; ESSN: 1943-8168 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1943815X.2014.998685 10.1080/1943815X.2014.998685 |
| spellingShingle | Kaffashi, Sara Shamsudin, Mad Nasir Radam, Alias Abdul Rahim, Khalid Socio-economic reason to save an international wetland |
| title | Socio-economic reason to save an international wetland |
| title_full | Socio-economic reason to save an international wetland |
| title_fullStr | Socio-economic reason to save an international wetland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-economic reason to save an international wetland |
| title_short | Socio-economic reason to save an international wetland |
| title_sort | socio-economic reason to save an international wetland |
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