Valuing instream and riparian aspects of stream restoration – A willingness to tax approach |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics and Management, Western Galilee College, Akko 24121, Israel;2. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa 39105, Israel;1. Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA;2. Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China;3. Physics Department and Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter, Indiana University, 2401 N Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA;4. Dept. of Physics, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada;1. School of Natural Resource Sciences—Range Science Program, 201D Morrill Hall, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA;2. Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Auburn University, 109 Duncan Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, USA;3. Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, 339 Science II, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA;1. School of Public Administration, China University of Geosciences, China;2. Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia;1. Department of Economics, University of Oviedo, Campus del Cristo, 33420 Oviedo, Spain;2. Department of Accounting, University of Oviedo, Campus del Cristo, 33420 Oviedo, Spain;1. Land Laboratory, Department of Agricultural and Forest Engineering, University of Santiago de Compostela, Escola Politécnica Superior, Campus Universitario, 27002 Lugo, Spain;2. Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California-Berkeley, 130 Mulford Hall #3114, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States;3. Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, United States |
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| Abstract: | Streams provide a variety of ecosystem and recreational services. Several studies have documented that the public often has a strong willingness to pay for stream restoration, however, many do not distinguish between the values for different types of uses of restored streams. Given that stream restoration can include a variety of actions both instream and along streambanks, which differ widely in terms of cost, it is important to distinguish between such benefits. Taking Israel as a case study, this paper uses an approach based on respondents’ willingness to allocate tax monies in a choice modeling framework to evaluate the relative priorities that the public assigns to instream versus land-based uses of stream areas. In Israel, some rehabilitation of streambanks and riparian areas has occurred, but much less progress has been made on instream improvements, which would demand allocation of water, a scarce and pricey resource in the region. Respondents indicated a slight preference for land-based uses. Greater familiarity with streams was associated with higher utility from land uses. This indicates that less costly rehabilitation of land along stream banks is a reasonable first step for policymakers to take, before attempting more costly efforts requiring allocation of instream flows. |
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| Keywords: | Stream restoration Land use Instream uses Riparian areas Non-market valuation Choice modeling |
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