Avalanche protection by forests - A choice experiment in the Swiss Alps

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 108-113

  Olschewski, Roland ^a   Bebi, Peter ^b   Teich, Michaela ^b,c   Wissen Hayek, Ulrike ^c   Grêt Regamey, Adrienne ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Environmental services; Natural hazards; Public goods; Risk; Visualization

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PROTECTION; CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; COLLECTIVE RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; LOCAL POPULATIONS; MONETARY VALUATIONS; NATURAL HAZARD; PROTECTION FORESTS; PUBLIC GOODS; REALITY VISUALIZATION; RISK-BASED EVALUATION; SILVICULTURAL MEASURE; SWISS ALPS; TECHNICAL MEASURES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HAZARDS; RISKS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

FORESTRY;

COSTS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84856539050     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Alberini A., Longo A., Veronesi M. Basic statistical models for stated choice studies. Valuing Environmental Amenities using stated choice studies. Springer Series: The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources - A Common Sense Approach to Theory and Practice 2006, 203-228. Springer, Dordrecht NL. B.J. Kanninen (Ed.).
2. Alberini A., Tonin S., Turvani M., Chiabai A. Paying for permanence: public preferences for contaminated site cleanup. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 2007, 34:155-178.
3. Bateman I.J., Day B.H., Jones A.P., Jude S. Reducing gain-loss asymmetry: a virtual reality choice experiment valuing land use change. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 2009, 58:106-118.
4. Bennett J., Adamowicz V. Some fundamentals of environmental choice modelling. The Choice Modeling Approach to Environmental Valuation 2001, 37-69. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK. J. Bennett, R. Blamey (Eds.).
5. Bierlaire M. BIOGEME: a free package for the estimation of discrete choice models. Proceedings of the 3rd Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland 2003, (Accessed 26. Sept. 2011). http://www.biogeme.epfl.ch.
6. Bierlaire M. An introduction to BIOGEME Version 1.6 (Accessed 26. Sept. 2011). http://www.biogeme.epfl.ch.
7. Borter P. Risikoanalyse bei gravitativen Naturgefahren. Umwelt-Materialien 107/I 1999, BUWAL, Bern.
8. Brändli U.-B. Schweizerisches Landesforstinventar. Ergebnisse der dritten Erhebung 2004-2006. Birmensdorf, Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL 2010, Bundesamt für Umwelt, BAFU, Bern, (312pp).
9. Brang P., Schönenberger W., Frehner M., Schwitter R., Thormann J.J., Wasser B. Management of protection forests in the European Alps: an overview. Forest Snow and Landscape Research 2006, 80:23-44.
10. Bründl M., Romang H.E., Bischof N., Rheinberger C.M. The risk concept and its application in natural hazard risk management in Switzerland. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 2009, 9(3):801-813.
11. Christen M., Kowalski J., Bartelt P. RAMMS: numerical simulation of dense snow avalanches in three-dimensional terrain. Cold Regions Science and Technology 2010, 63:1-14.
12. Fuchs S., Thöni M., McAlpin M.C., Gruber U., Bründl M. Avalanche hazard mitigation strategies assessed by cost effectiveness analyses and cost benefit analyses - evidence from Davos, Switzerland. Natural Hazards 2007, 41(1):113-129.
13. Grêt-Regamey A., Straub D. Spatially explicit avalanche risk assessment linking Bayesian networks to a GIS. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 2006, 6:911-926.
14. Grêt-Regamey A., Walz A., Bebi P. Valuing ecosystem services for sustainable landscape planning in Alpine regions. Mountain Research and Development 2008, 28(2):156-165.
15. Grêt-Regamey A., Bishop I.D., Bebi P. Predicting the scenic beauty value of mapped landscape changes in a mountainous region through the use of GIS. Environment and Planning B 2007, 34:50-67.
16. Haegeli P., Haider W., Longland M., Beardmore B. Amateur decision-making in avalanche terrain with and without a decision aid: a stated choice survey. Natural Hazards 2010, 52(1):185-209.
17. Hensher D.A., Rose J.M., Greene W.H. Applied Choice Analysis - A Primer 2005, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (et al. 717pp).
18. Hoyos D. The state of the art of environmental valuation with discrete choice experiments. Ecological Economics 2010, 69:1595-1603.
19. Johnson F.R., Kanninen B., Bingham M., Özdemir S. Experimental design for stated choice studies. Valuing Environmental Amenities Using Stated Choice Studies. Springer Series: The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources - A Common Sense Approach to Theory and Practice 2007, 159202. Springer, Dordrecht NL. B.J. Kanninen (Ed.).
20. Lafortezza R., Corry R.C., Sanesi G., Brown R.D. Visual preference and ecological assessments for designed alternative brownfield rehabilitations. Journal of Environmental Management 2008, 89:257-269.
21. Leiter A.M., Pruckner G.J. Proportionality of willingness to pay to small changes in risk: the impact of attitudinal factors in scope tests. Environmental and Resource Economics 2009, 42(2):169-186.
22. Louviere J.J. Choice experiments: an overview of concepts and issues. The Choice Modeling Approach to Environmental Valuation 2001, 13-36. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. J. Bennett, R. Blamey (Eds.).
23. MA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Synthesis, 2005 2005, Island Press, Washington, DC.
24. Moore M.J., Viscusi W.K. Models for estimating discount rates for long-term health risks using labor market data. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 1990, 3:381-401.
25. Ode Å., Fry G., Tveit M.S., Messager P., Miller D. Indicators of perceived naturalness as drivers of landscape preference. Journal of Environmental Management 2009, 90:375-383.
26. Olschewski R., Bebi P., Grêt-Regamey A., Kräuchi N. Forest and climate change - approaches towards an economic valuation. Swiss Forestry Journal 2008, 159(10):374-380.
27. Olschewski R., Bebi P., Teich M., Wissen Hayek U., Grêt-Regamey A. Lawinenschutz durch Wälder - Methodik und Resultate einer Zahlungsbereitschaftsanalyse?. Swiss Forestry Journal 2011, 162(11):389-395.
28. Rheinberger C.M. Dealing with the white death: avalanche risk management for traffic routes. Risk Analysis 2009, 29(1):249-283.
29. Sawtooth Sawtooth Software. Technical Paper Series.: CBCv6.0 (Technical paper) (25pp), (Accessed 26. Sept. 2011). http://www.sawtoothsoftware.com.
30. Swiss Statistics Population size and composition: permanent resident population by age (Accessed 26. Sept. 2011). http://www.bfs.sdmin.ch.
31. Teich M., Bebi P. Evaluating the benefit of avalanche protection forest with GIS-based risk analyses - a case study in Switzerland. Forest Ecology and Management 2009, 257(9):1910-1919.
32. Train K.E. Discrete Choice Methods with Simulations 2003, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al.
33. Tress B., Tress G. Scenario visualisation for participatory landscape planning - a study from Denmark. Landscape and Urban Planning 2003, 64(3):161-178.
34. Usbeck T., Wohlgemut T., Dobbertin M., Pfister C., Bürgi A., Rebetez M. Increasing storm damage for forests in Switzerland from 1858 to 2007. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 2010, 150:47-55.
35. Wissen Hayek U., Klein T.M., Melsom J. 3D Landscape Visualisation Products. disP 2010, 138(4):114-119.