Overview
- Provides the only available economic perspective on threatened Yangtze finless porpoises (YFPs)
- Uses a monetary valuation approach to state and quantify the benefits produced by the conservation of Yangtze finless porpoises in Poyang Lake
- Hypothesizes the level of impact the hydroelectricity project in Poyang Lake will have on the Yangtze finless porpoise
- Covers an environmental "hot spot": Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake as well as the last basin of clean water in China
- The only English-language book available as a reference for students and scientists using Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) research in China
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About this book
This book presents the findings of the study, and offers analysis of both its methodological and policy-related implications. On the methodology side, it assesses and validates the valuation workshop approach; appraises the effect of distance on willingness to pay and the influence of the respondents’ ability to pay. From a policy perspective, the book examines the attitudes and preference of respondents on trade-offs between economic growth and ecological use.
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Book Title: Contingent Valuation of Yangtze Finless Porpoises in Poyang Lake, China
Authors: Yanyan Dong
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2765-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2764-9Published: 10 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9571-6Published: 21 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2765-6Published: 11 August 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 234
Topics: Environment, general, Business and Management, general, Migration, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Psychology, general, Statistics, general