Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Goods by Applying the Contingent Valuation Method Some Japanese Case Studies /

• Main Authors: Ahmed, Sarwar Uddin (Author), Gotoh, Keinosuke (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan, 2006.
• Subjects: Environment.; Ecotoxicology.; Environmental economics.; Social sciences.; Environmental Economics.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

Contingent valuation is one of the means of incorporating socio-environmental considerations in cost–benefit analysis. The authors of this book have examined environmental valuation methods through the lens of cost–benefit analysis focused on three case studies in Japan: public parks, a bay wetland,...

Table of Contents:

• Overview
• Contingent Valuation Method
• Case Study 1: The Isahaya Bay Wetland (IBW)
• Overview of the IBW
• Environmental Valuation of the IBW
• Recalculating Cost-Benefit Analysis of the IBRP
• Case Study 2: Public Parks
• Estimation of the WTP for Preserving Public Parks
• Case Study 3: The Huis Ten Bosch
• Overview of the HTB
• Environmental Valuation of the HTB
• Calculating Cost-Benefit Analysis of the HTB
• New Approaches for Environmental Valuation
• Effect of Distance on Willingness to Pay
• Free Comments in CV Survey and Their Impact on WTP
• Integration of CVM and Remote Sensing Technique for Environmental Valuation
• Effect of Question Format on WTP in CV Studies
• Summary and Conclusion
• Policy Recommendations and Conclusion.