scholarly journals A Framework for Ecological Compensation Assessment: A Case Study in the Upper Hun River Basin, Northeast China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Jiang ◽  
Yuyu Liu ◽  
Ranhang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Ecological Compensation ◽  
Human Disturbances ◽  
Watershed Development ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Hun River ◽  
Programming Techniques ◽  
Allocation Costs

With the rapid socio-economic development, human disturbances are believed to have resulted in the degradation of the watershed ecosystem. The ecological damage to and environmental pollution of river basins have caused great losses. It is widely agreed upon that the protection and restoration of river ecosystems should be on the agenda. Ecological compensation, an important tool to prevent the deterioration of water environments and achieve sustainable watershed development, has attracted increasing interest as a research subject. In this study, the upper reach of Hun River basin was selected as a typical study area. The primary purpose was to determine the allocation costs of ecological compensation in different regions for the river basin. The amount of willingness-to-pay (WTP) for the eco-compensation was estimated at 3.2 million dollars by the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). Based on linear programming techniques, a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) created a primary value of the allocation costs. Considering the different weights of each region, a modified coefficient was introduced to correct the primary result on the basis of a questionnaire survey of river ecological protection and construction.

scholarly journals Emergy Analysis and Ecological Spillover as Tools to Quantify Ecological Compensation in Xuchang City, Qingyi River Basin, China

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 414
Author(s):  
Huiqin Li ◽  
Cuimei Lv ◽  
Minhua Ling ◽  
Changkuan Gu ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Emergy Analysis ◽  
Ecological Compensation ◽  
Freshwater Resources ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Complex Relationships

As an effective means to coordinate cost–benefit allocation of ecological protection between upstream and downstream cities, ecological compensation is often used to improve collaborative basin-wide freshwater resources management. Yet, due to the complex relationships between upstream and downstream ecosystem services, calculating eco-compensation is not an easy task. We used ecological spillover (the amount of local ecosystem services not used in the region and thus flows to downstream areas) and emergy analysis to determine the amount of eco-compensation that the city of Xuchang should pay to the upstream city of Xinzheng (Qingyi River Basin, China) from 2010 to 2014. Eco-compensation was determined by deducting the emergy of the local, self-supplied ecosystem services of Xuchang City, calculated using an ecological-water-footprint-based analysis, from the emergy of the total ecosystem services used in Xuchang, and monetized accordingly. The results showed that the self-supplied ecosystem services decreased from 2010 to 2014 and, thus, Xuchang relied more on the ecological spillover services flowing from Xinzheng. As a result, eco-compensation increased from 990 million Chinese Yuan (¥) in 2010 to ¥509 billion in 2014, mostly due to increased demands for water purification and reduced precipitation around Xuchang. This method can be further enhanced by introducing larger datasets and can be replicated elsewhere to accurately determine ecological compensation, ensuring basin-wide collaboration towards the sustainable management of freshwater resources.

Research Progress of Contingent Valuation Method Applying to Agricultural Ecological Compensation

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
周颖 ZHOU Ying ◽  
周清波 ZHOU Qingbo ◽  
周旭英 ZHOU Xuying ◽  
甘寿文 Gan Shouwen ◽  
杨雪萍 YANG Xueping
Keyword(s):  
Contingent Valuation ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Ecological Compensation ◽  
Valuation Method

Contingent Valuation Method Assessment of the Ecological Benefits of Populus Euphratica Forest Based on Consumer Perspective - Taking the Typical Area in Tarim River Basin as an Example

2014 ◽  
Vol 962-965 ◽  
pp. 703-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chong Zhi Xu ◽  
Qing Li ◽  
Wu Xu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Contingent Valuation ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Populus Euphratica ◽  
Tarim River ◽  
Tarim River Basin ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
Per Capita

Populus euphratica Olive. as the skeleton of the desert riparian forest is a green barrier for protection oasis of the southern areas of Xinjiang. Degradation of P. euphratica forest is the concentrated expression of ecological vulnerability in the desert areas. In order to understand the residents cognition degree to the ecological value of P. euphratica forest and willingness to pay (WTP) for P. euphratica forest protection along the Tarim River Basin, The questionnaires and interview methods were used , the largest payment were estimated with contingent valuation method (CVM) and the main affecting factors were explored.The main conclusions showed that the residents income, education and cognition degree to the P. euphratica forest were significant impact on the maximum payment value; Different ecological environment, economic and social conditions along the Trim River Basin had a critical influence to payment options and the size of payment willingness for the residents; The maximum willingness to pay per capita of 53 groups, 13 groups, 34 groups amounted to 220.89 yuan / year, 499.08 yuan / year, 653.20 yuan / year, the per capita amount paid in descending order was 34 group > 13 group> 53 group.

scholarly journals Analyzing Macro-Level Ecological Change and Micro-Level Farmer Behavior in Manas River Basin, China

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Liao ◽  
Xinchen Gu ◽  
Yuejian Wang ◽  
Hailiang Xu ◽  
Zili Fan
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Ecological Change ◽  
Cultivated Land ◽  
Ecological Compensation ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Manas River Basin

Environmental degradation is closely related to unreasonable land use behaviors by farmers. In this study, participatory rural assessment (PRA) is used to conduct a detailed survey of farmers and plots and to collect relevant natural and social statistics. The accuracy of remote sensing data is verified by comparative analysis, and the change in status of various land use types in each research period is reflected by the change in the dynamic degree and change in range. We examine how farmers’ attitudes and behaviors affect environmental degradation, using a sample of 403 farmers in China’s Manas River Basin. Due to age, education, income and other differences, farmers’ land use behaviors, as well as their attitude toward and feelings about environmental degradation, vary greatly. We found that most farmers considered the environment to be very important to their lives and crop production, but nearly 21% did not know the causes of environmental degradation and nearly 8% did not consider the environmental impacts of their crop production activities. A new model for oasis expansion—land integration—is presented here. This model can increase the area of cultivated land, reduce cultivated land fragmentation, save irrigation water, improve the field microclimate and form a good ecological cycle. Through land transfer, ecological compensation and ecological protection incentives, the government should guide farmers’ land use behaviors toward cooperation with the river basin’s ecological protection and land use planning.

scholarly journals Financial and ecological compensation based on willingness to accept in sand mining of Progo River downstream

2020 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 02010
Author(s):  
Rizka Widyantari ◽  
Rika Harini
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Willingness To Accept ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
Sand Mining ◽  
Ecological Compensation ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
Environmental Balance

Sand mining which occurs massively along the Progo River causes environmental degradation and infrastructure damage. Financial and ecological compensation funds will be used to compensate for the losses suffered by the community and efforts to conserve the environment. The purpose of this research is to estimate the value of compensation to be willing to accept or willingness to accept (WTA) by the community affected by sand mining in Banaran and Poncosari villages, also the spatial variations in WTA in Banaran and Poncosari villages. We established an ecological compensation accounting system based on respondents’ willingness to accept (WTA) with Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). The results shows respondents in Banaran Village has the highest average WTA value of IDR 271, 142 per month. Meanwhile, the average value of WTA in Poncosari Village is IDR 186, 818 per month. This value illustrates how people extremely feel disadvantaged by the degradation in the quality of the environment that occurs in their residence. WTA value obtained is influenced by the subjectivity of respondents in assessing environmental conditions and can be influenced by income and some economic characteristics. With this compensation, environmental balance is expected to be maintained without neglecting the utilization of natural resources.

scholarly journals Payment for environmental services gambling and residents compensation amount estimation from the Wuxijiang River reservoir area in China

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Shu
Keyword(s):  
Contingent Valuation ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Source Area ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Parametric Estimation ◽  
Ecological Compensation ◽  
Reservoir Area ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
River Reservoir

The gambling phenomenon is formed by the complex relationship between sources and receptors of ecological compensation among multiple stakeholders. This paper investigates the problem of payment amount gambling, and details a method to estimate the amount of ecological compensation that should be given for impacted water resources in the Wuxijiang River reservoir area in China. Public statistics and first-hand data obtained from the field investigation were used as data sources. Estimation of the source and receptor amount of ecological compensation relevant to the water resource being investigated was achieved using the contingent valuation method. The ecological compensation object and its benefit and gambling for the Wuxijiang River water source area are also analyzed in this paper. According to the results of a Contingent Value Method (CVM) survey, the ecological compensation standard of Wuxijiang River was determined by the contingent valuation method, and the amount of compensation was estimated. Fifteen blocks downstream of the Wuxijiang River and 12 blocks in the water source areawere used as samples to administer a survey that estimated the willingness to pay and the willingness to accept the ecological compensation of Wuxijiang River for both non-parametric and parametric estimation. Finally, the theoretical value of the ecological compensation amount was estimated.

scholarly journals Payment for environmental services gambling and residents compensation amount estimation from the Wuxijiang River reservoir area in China

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Shu
Keyword(s):  
Contingent Valuation ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Source Area ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Parametric Estimation ◽  
Ecological Compensation ◽  
Reservoir Area ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
River Reservoir

The gambling phenomenon is formed by the complex relationship between sources and receptors of ecological compensation among multiple stakeholders. This paper investigates the problem of payment amount gambling, and details a method to estimate the amount of ecological compensation that should be given for impacted water resources in the Wuxijiang River reservoir area in China. Public statistics and first-hand data obtained from the field investigation were used as data sources. Estimation of the source and receptor amount of ecological compensation relevant to the water resource being investigated was achieved using the contingent valuation method. The ecological compensation object and its benefit and gambling for the Wuxijiang River water source area are also analyzed in this paper. According to the results of a Contingent Value Method (CVM) survey, the ecological compensation standard of Wuxijiang River was determined by the contingent valuation method, and the amount of compensation was estimated. Fifteen blocks downstream of the Wuxijiang River and 12 blocks in the water source areawere used as samples to administer a survey that estimated the willingness to pay and the willingness to accept the ecological compensation of Wuxijiang River for both non-parametric and parametric estimation. Finally, the theoretical value of the ecological compensation amount was estimated.

Economic Value of Pavement for the Elderly: Case Study of Bangkok, Thailand

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 927-937
Author(s):  
Somskaow Bejranonda ◽  
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Aekkapat Laksanacom ◽  
Waranan Tantiwat ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Pavement Management ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Public Facility ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
The People ◽  
The City

Based on the concept of a livable and global age-friendly city, pavements are a public facility that the city should provide to the people. Appropriate pavements will be beneficial for the people, particularly for good quality of life for the elderly to move around in the city. This study explored the behaviour of the elderly in the use of pavements and the problems confronted. The study also evaluated the value of the pavement walking area as it reflected the benefits of pavements to the elderly by applying the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). During March-May 2017, data were collected using interviews with 601 elderly living in Bangkok. The study indicated that the main problem for senior citizens regarding their use of pavements was from being disturbed by motorbikes riding on the pavements. The average value of pavement for the elderly was about THB 160 (USD 5.30) per person per year. Thus, the benefits of pavements to the elderly in Bangkok was approximately THB 158 million (USD 5.2 million) per year. Thus, policy makers should make proper budget allocations for elderly-friendly pavement management and seriously address the problems confronting the elderly in using pavements, to maximize the usefulness of pavements not only for the elderly but also for the public and to support a sustainable urban development.

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