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Estimating the benefits of water quality improvements under the Water Framework Directive: are benefits transferable?
Citation
Hanley, N and Colombo, S and Tinch, DR and Black, A and Aftab, A, Estimating the benefits of water quality improvements under the Water Framework Directive: are benefits transferable?, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 33, (3) pp. 391-413. ISSN 0165-1587 (2006) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2006 Oxford University Press
DOI: doi:10.1093/eurrag/jbl019
Abstract
The Water Framework Directive sets an objective of ‘Good Ecological Status’ for water bodies across the EU. Non-point pollution from agriculture is a major reason for the failure of rivers in the UK to meet this target. In this paper, we use choice experiment methodology to test the transferability of benefit estimates of water quality improvements for two small catchments where agricultural-source non-point pollution and irrigation water abstraction are the main threats to ecological status. We also investigate the most appropriate techniques to apply to transfer testing, including allowing for correlation between preferences for environmental attributes, and testing for acceptable differences between transferred and original values.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Water Framework Directive; benefits transfer; choice experiments; non-point pollution; irrigation |
| Research Division: | Economics |
| Research Group: | Applied economics |
| Research Field: | Environment and resource economics |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
| Objective Group: | Terrestrial systems and management |
| Objective Field: | Terrestrial biodiversity |
| UTAS Author: | Tinch, DR (Dr Dugald Tinch) |
| ID Code: | 96858 |
| Year Published: | 2006 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 88 |
| Deposited By: | TSBE |
| Deposited On: | 2014-11-25 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-11-26 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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