Measuring recreational value of world heritage sites based on contingent valuation method: A case study of Jiuzhaigou

World Heritage Sites (WHSs) play an important role in sustaining community identity and enhancing local economic development through tourism. Although the Li River was designated as a WHS in 2014, severe damage to its ecosystem and environmental problems have been reported in recent years. Thus, the purpose of this study is to estimate residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) for the preservation of the Li River using a contingent valuation method. Moreover, a two-stage approach using hypothetical and real setting scenarios was utilized to reduce a hypothetical bias and overvaluation. Logit models were used to estimate the preservation value and compare factors influencing WTP between the hypothetical and real scenarios. The results of this study support the usefulness of a two-stage approach to avoid hypothetical bias and estimate a realistic preservation value. In the real setting scenario, WTP was 144.66–163.90 Yuan (USD 20.83–23.60) per capita per year, and the aggregate value was 721–818 million Yuan (USD 104–118 million) depending on mean WTP and truncated WTP. The study findings provide useful implication to support government’s fund and sustainable efforts to preserve the Li River.

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Estimation of the Non-Use Value (Existence Value) of the Universityrs Old Campus by Contingent Valuation Method -- A Case Study in Central and Western China

Proceedings of the 2018 2nd International Conference on Education, Economics and Management Research (ICEEMR 2018) ◽

10.2991/iceemr-18.2018.44 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jianjun Cao ◽

Xueyun Xu ◽

Yifan Gong ◽

Xiaofang Zhang ◽

Mengtian Li ◽

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Keyword(s):

Contingent Valuation ◽

Contingent Valuation Method ◽

Western China ◽

Use Value ◽

Existence Value ◽

Valuation Method

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Using good and Cooperative Governance to improve Environmental Governance of South African World Heritage sites: A Case Study of the Vredefort Dome

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad ◽

10.17159/1727-3781/2008/v11i2a2763 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 201

Author(s):

Louis Kotzé ◽

S De la Harpe

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Environmental Governance ◽

Good Governance ◽

World Heritage ◽

World Heritage Sites ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Institutional Structures ◽

Governance Strategies ◽

Cooperative Governance

South Africa became a signatory to and ratified the World Heritage Convention, 1972 (WHC) in 1997. It thereby voluntarily agreed to identify and conserve world heritage areas of universal value for the benefit of mankind. This article presents a case study of the Vredefort Dome, one of South Africa's World Heritage Sites (WHS) and specifically its governance strategies to ensure proper and sustainable governance. Firstly, the issue of fragmentation of the environmental governance regime applicable to WHS is discussed, and in doing so, refers to the various legislative and common law responsibilities and institutional structures related to environmental governance of WHS. Secondly, it briefly discusses the concept of good governance and the concept of cooperative governance as a sub-component of good governance. Finally it comprehensively proposes various strategies to ameliorate the current fragmented and unsustainable environmental governance effort relating to WHS.

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