Valuing water quality improvement in China: A case study of Lake Puzhehei in Yunnan Province

Ecological Economics

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-65

  Wang, Hua ^a   Shi, Yuyan ^b   Kim, Yoonhee ^c   Kamata, Takuya ^c  

^a China Ministry of Environmental Protection   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Contingent valuation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; INVESTMENT LOCATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHINA; PUZHEHEI LAKE; YUNNAN;

EID: 84881103703     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Alberini A., Boyle K., Welsh M.P. Analysis of contingent valuation data with multiple bids and responses options allowing respondents to express uncertainty. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 2003, 45:40-62.
2. Cai Z., Zhang W. On the willingness to pay for water quality improvement of Yangtze Lake and payment mechanism in Nanjing area. Ecological Environment. 2007, 2:116-119. (in Chinese).
3. Day B., Mourato S. Willingness to pay for water quality maintenance in Chinese rivers. CSERGE Working Paper GEC 98 1998, Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, University College London and University of East Anglia.
4. Du Y. The value of improved water quality for recreation in East Lake, Wuhan, China: an application of contingent valuation and travel cost methods. Research Report, EEPSEA 1996.
5. Evans M.F., Flores N.E., Boyle K.J. Multiple-bounded uncertainty choice data as probabilistic intentions. Land Economics 2003, 79(4):549-560.
6. Ge Y., Liang L., Wu F., Wang B. Studies on willingness to pay and payment level for ecological compensation of the Yellow Lake based on CVM. International Conference on Management and Service Science, 2009. MASS '09 2009.
7. Hu H., Jia L., Hu G. Ecosystem service value estimation of Chizhou Urban drinking water source area based on contingent valuation method. Journal Anhui Agriculture Science 2009, 37(16):7571-7573. (in Chinese).
8. Institute of Rural Economy, Yunnan Academy of Sciences Kunming Ability and Willingness to Pay Survey. Report to the Yunnan Environment Project, Yunnan 1995.
9. Li C., Mattsson L. Discrete choice under preference uncertainty: an improved model for contingent valuation. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 1995, 28:256-269.
10. Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) Annual Report 2005, MWR, Beijing.
11. Ready R.C., Whitehead J.C., Blomquist G.C. Contingent valuation when respondents are ambivalent. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 1995, 29:181-196.
12. Siciliano M. First development, then environment: environmental and water scarcity issues in China. The Heinz School Review 2005, (Policy and Management Paper).
13. Swamson T., Day B., Mourato S. Valuing water quality in China: purpose, approach and policy. Journal of Environmental Sciences 1999, 11(3):309-315.
14. Wang H. Treatment of 'don't-know' responses in contingent valuation surveys: a random valuation model. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 1997, 32:219-232.
15. Wang H., He J. Estimating individual valuation distributions with multiple bounded discrete choice data. Applied Economics 2010, 1-16. (First published on: 13 July 2010 (iFirst)).
16. Wang H., Whittington D. Measuring individuals' valuation distributions using a stochastic payment card approach. Ecological Economics 2005, 55:143-154.
17. Welsh M.P., Poe G.L. Elicitation effects in contingent valuation: comparison to a multiple bounded discrete choice approach. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 1998, 36:170-185.
18. World Bank Addressing China's water scarcity. Recommendations for selected water resource management issues. World Bank Report 2009.
19. Xu Z., X., Cheng G., Zhang Z., Su Z., Loomis J. Applying contingent valuation in China to measure the total economic value of restoring ecosystem services in Ejina region. Ecological Economics 2003, 44:345-358.
20. Xu Z., Loomis J., Zhang Z., Hamamura K. Evaluating the performance of different willingness to pay question formats for valuing environmental restoration in rural China. Environment and Development Economics 2006, 11:585-601.
21. Yang W., Chang J., Xu B., Peng C., Ge Y. Ecosystem service value assessment for constructed wetlands: a case study in HangZhou, China. Ecological Economics 2008, 68(1-2):116-125.
22. Zhang Z., Xu Z., Cheng G., Xu Z. Contingent valuation of the economic benefit of restoring ecosystem services of Zhangye Prefecture of Heihe Lake Basin. Acta Ecologica Sinica 2002, 22(6):885-893. (In Chinese).
23. Zhang Y., Meng W.-H., Zhang L. Analysis of effects on residents' demand for urban public eco-system services based on a case study. IEEE 2007, 5045-5049. Available at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4341011&userType=inst.
24. Zheng H.-X., Tu Q. Analysis of willingness to pay for environmental services and its impacts in Jinhua Lake. International conference on management science & engineering (16th). September 14-16 2009, Moscow, Russia.