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Spatial and geographical aspects of benefit transfer

Spatial and geographical aspects of benefit transfer
Spatial and geographical aspects of benefit transfer
This chapter discusses methodological issues associated with the spatial nature of values for environmental goods and services and implications for valuation and benefit transfer (BT). It is designed to complement Chap. 13, which discusses the importance of a spatial framework for analysis of ecosystem services , and Chap. 20, which demonstrates the use of geographic information systems (GIS) for value mapping and BT. The chapter provides a broad perspective on the potential causes of spatial heterogeneity in environmental values, with particular attention to the relevance of this heterogeneity for stated preference (SP) valuation and the transfer of resulting welfare estimates. This includes discussions of spatial variability in the provision of ecosystem services, distance decay and substitution effects, and additional spatial patterns in willingness to pay (WTP). The chapter also suggests different ways that spatial variations such as these may be accommodated to support reliable benefit transfer
978-94-017-9929-4
14
421-439
Springer
Schaafsma, Marije
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Schaafsma, Marije
937ac629-0fa2-4a11-bdf7-c3688405467d

Schaafsma, Marije (2015) Spatial and geographical aspects of benefit transfer. In, Benefit Transfer of Environmental and Resource Values: A Guide for Researchers and Practitioners. (The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources, 14) New York, US. Springer, pp. 421-439. (doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9930-0_18).

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This chapter discusses methodological issues associated with the spatial nature of values for environmental goods and services and implications for valuation and benefit transfer (BT). It is designed to complement Chap. 13, which discusses the importance of a spatial framework for analysis of ecosystem services , and Chap. 20, which demonstrates the use of geographic information systems (GIS) for value mapping and BT. The chapter provides a broad perspective on the potential causes of spatial heterogeneity in environmental values, with particular attention to the relevance of this heterogeneity for stated preference (SP) valuation and the transfer of resulting welfare estimates. This includes discussions of spatial variability in the provision of ecosystem services, distance decay and substitution effects, and additional spatial patterns in willingness to pay (WTP). The chapter also suggests different ways that spatial variations such as these may be accommodated to support reliable benefit transfer

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Published date: 3 June 2015
Organisations: Global Env Change & Earth Observation

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Local EPrints ID: 381520
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/381520
ISBN: 978-94-017-9929-4
PURE UUID: 9e29176b-9aa2-4caa-b1e2-fa36d6e69e35
ORCID for Marije Schaafsma: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0878-069X

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Date deposited: 08 Oct 2015 11:09
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:51

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