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| Parminter, Terry G.; Kaval, Pamela; Yao, Richard T.; Scrimgeour, Frank G.. |
| New Zealand's biodiversity consists of over 80,000 types of native plants, animals and fungi, a considerable number of which are indigenous and located on private property. To preserve and enhance native biodiversity and discourage activities that may deplete it, economic values can be calculated which can, in turn, guide the use of policy tools, such as incentives, that can be used. This can support behavioural changes by encouraging individual self-interest to coincide with social interest. In this project, we used the contingent valuation, choice modelling and well-being approaches to estimate native biodiversity values for Wellington residents. In this paper, we present a summary of our initial results. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: New Zealand; Biodiversity; Non-market valuation; Well-being; Native species; Private landholders; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10428 |
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| Kaval, Pamela; Loomis, John B.. |
| We used the well-being evaluation method, a technique for measuring individual utility, to study how people in the wildland urban interface of Colorado (USA) felt about their lives before and after two wildfire scenarios. Variables such as age, family size, fire frequency, and house value were found to affect initial well-being levels. However, after a significant life event, such as a wildfire, many variables that initially affected well-being were no longer significant. We found that after wildfire, the frequency of wildfire occurrence became the most important influence on well-being. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Well-being evaluation method; Colorado; Happiness; Wildland urban interface; Wildfire intensity; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Health Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98517 |
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| Kaval, Pamela. |
| Over the last 20 years, costs for wildfire initial attack in the U.S. have increased significantly. The increased cost relates to wildfire suppression practices as well as the growing number of wildland urban interface (WUI) homes. Requiring WUI residents to pay an annual tax for their wildfire risk would lower costs to the general taxpayer. Willingness-to-pay (WTP) for wildfire prevention, in relation to both perceived and actual wildfire danger, was the focus of this study. Colorado WUI residents had a high awareness of wildfire risk and were willing to pay over $400 annually to reduce this risk. Respondents beliefs about wildfire frequency were comparable to the original natural wildfire regimes of their areas pre-European settlement. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: GIS; Wildfire risk; Stakeholder; Contingent valuation; Colorado; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37090 |
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