Publications tagged with contingent valuation
Are Households Willing to Finance the Cost of Individual Water Supply? Case Study in Central Tunisia
2021 - Water Economics and Policy
In developing countries, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set by the United Nations and the expectations expressed by modern local populations call for universal water access through individual connections (IC), to be achieved by 2030. An ambitious target such as this presents the challenge …
Integrated assessment of economic benefits of groundwater improvement with contingent valuation
2016 -
This chapter investigates the potential and limits of the contingent valuation method for assessing the benefits of groundwater remediation or protection programs. The discussion is based on a review of the literature and on two original contingent valuation surveys conducted in France and in Belgi…
Defining groundwater remediation objectives with cost-benefit analysis: does it work?
2014 - Water resources management
The use of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is increasingly advocated as a tool for supporting water planning decisions, in particular at the local (site) level. This paper questions whether CBA is relevant for evaluating groundwater management options at the scale of large regional aquifers. It highlig…