scholarly journals Landscape Preferences of Visitors to the Danube Floodplains National Park, Vienna

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 2178
Author(s):  
Arne Arnberger ◽  
Renate Eder ◽  
Stefan Preiner ◽  
Thomas Hein ◽  
Ursula Nopp-Mayr
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
National Park ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Floodplain Forests ◽  
Trail Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Visitor Preferences ◽  
Landscape Types

Successfully managing heavily visited protected riverscapes requires information about visitor preferences for the social, biophysical and infrastructural attributes of river landscapes. This study analyzed the landscape preferences of 520 on-site visitors to the peri-urban Danube Floodplains National Park using an image-based discrete choice experiment. The study explored the effects of various landscape types (water bodies, terrestrial landscapes), recreational infrastructures (trail types, facilities) and trail use conditions (trail user numbers, activities) on respondents’ preferences. The results indicated that natural features, such as floodplain forests in combination with meadows or xeric alluvial biotopes, were preferred, while dense forests and, particularly, open agrarian structures were less preferred. Water bodies with 50% reed cover, few people on the trail, alleys of trees and gravel trails were favored. The outcomes serve as the basis for design recommendations for planned recreational areas surrounding the national park with the aim of absorbing visitors and reducing use pressure on the protected area.

What are tourists willing to pay for securing the survival of a flagship species? The case of protection of the Ethiopian wolf

2019 ◽  
pp. 135481661988043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tafesse Estifanos ◽  
Maksym Polyakov ◽  
Ram Pandit ◽  
Atakelty Hailu ◽  
Michael Burton
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
National Park ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Random Parameter ◽  
Wolf Population ◽  
Existence Value ◽  
Random Parameter Logit ◽  
Unique Species ◽  
Random Parameter Logit Model

Ecotourism can be an important tool for protecting biodiversity in developing countries. Tourists have preferences for viewing charismatic species and for their conservation, but our understanding of these preferences remains limited. Using choice experiment surveys, we investigate tourists’ preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for the protection of the Ethiopian wolf ( Canis simensis) in Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains National Park. Results from a random parameter logit model show that tourists were willing to pay up to US$5.82/day/trip for increasing the wolf population from 200 to a more viable number of 250 but very little for a more substantial increase. Tourists also valued increases in the size of the protected area (PA) and access to the wolf habitat. The WTP is found to be dependent on tourists’ prior experience to Ethiopian PAs and whether they had viewed other unique species in the park. The findings suggest opportunities for ecotourism to support the Ethiopian wolf, which is in a critical state, and that the primary motivation for tourists’ support might be due to the wolf’s existence value.

scholarly journals The Value of a Properly Maintained Hiking Trail Network and a Traditional Landscape for Mountain Recreation in the Dolomites

Resources ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiziano Tempesta ◽  
Daniel Vecchiato
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Economic Valuation ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Hiking Trails ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tourist Flows ◽  
Global Tourism

Alpine mountains represent one of the most important tourist destinations in the world, constituting approximately 3.1% of the global tourism market when considering the tourist flows coming from abroad. While there may be numerous factors that motivate tourists to choose rural areas, an important role is played by the opportunity to visit well-conserved landscapes and uncontaminated natural areas. The purpose of this study was to make a monetary valuation of the social benefits generated by the adoption of three measures of the Rural Development Plan (RDP) of Veneto (Italy) aimed specifically at enhancing the recreational usability of the mountain territory. In this regard, a discrete choice experiment (DCE) was applied for the economic valuation, and a qualitative survey was used to collect the opinion of respondents related to the measures to protect the meadows and mountain hiking trails. According to the DCE estimates, on average, the benefits due to the conservation of the existing meadows and pastures was equal to €851 per hectare, those due to the conservation and improvement of the trail network were €12,260 per km, and the benefits due to the recovery of the meadows and pastures of uncultivated and abandoned areas for naturalistic purposes amounted to €6852 per hectare. Comparing the estimates obtained with the expenditure incurred by the RDP to finance the three actions considered in our DCE, it can be seen that the benefits are considerably higher than the costs, especially with regard to the conservation of paths and the recovery of abandoned areas for naturalistic purposes.

Willingness to pay for alternative policies for patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIGUEL A. NEGRÍN ◽  
JAIME PINILLA ◽  
CARMELO J. LEÓN
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Measures

AbstractThis paper focuses on eliciting the willingness to pay (WTP) for policy measures aimed at improving the health care offered to patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We utilize a discrete choice experiment (DCE) approach for the elicitation of the preferences of the general population for three alternative policies: home care, day care centres, and medium or long-stay centres. The results show that these policies are significantly valued across the surveyed population. The monthly WTP per hour of home care is estimated as €4 per individual, while the monthly WTP values for full population coverage in day centres and medium–long-stay centres are estimated as €0.43 and €0.42 respectively. We compare the results of classical and Bayesian estimation methods, and conclude that the latter provide a better representation of the heterogeneity in the sample. The results are significant for health care, as they enable policymakers to identify the social demand for such services, as well as the relative economic values placed on the alternative policy measures.

scholarly journals Is forest landscape restoration socially desirable? A discrete choice experiment applied to the Scandinavian transboundary Fulufjället National Park Area

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 370-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sviataslau Valasiuk ◽  
Mikołaj Czajkowski ◽  
Marek Giergiczny ◽  
Tomasz Żylicz ◽  
Knut Veisten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Choice Experiment ◽  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
National Park ◽  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Landscape Restoration ◽  
Forest Landscape Restoration ◽  
Park Area

Valuing ecosystem services across water bodies: Results from a discrete choice experiment

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 89-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edel Doherty ◽  
Geraldine Murphy ◽  
Stephen Hynes ◽  
Cathal Buckley
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Discrete Choice Experiment ◽  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Water Bodies

Pricing Beach Congestion

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco López-del-Pino ◽  
José M. Grisolía
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Natural Area ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Protected Natural Area ◽  
Protected Natural Areas ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
High Degree

There is a growing need for instruments to control and reduce the impacts of the increasing number of tourists visiting protected natural areas. Among these economic instruments, the use of access fees can have positive effects on enhancing environmental sustainability by reducing the number of visitors. Access fees are also a source of financing the management costs of a protected area. Among the negative impacts of tourism, users of beaches perceive congestion as a factor in reducing the final value of the touristic experience. This article analyses the perception of locals of an access fee to enter the small Canary island of Lobos, a protected natural area with high quality beaches, whose quietness is endangered by an increasing number of visitors, clearly exceeding the current carrying capacity. We approached the problem using different tools: firstly, we looked at visitors’ opinions on the website TripAdvisor to identify whether congestion is perceived as a problem; secondly, we carried out an opinion survey using Likert-type scale questions to capture opinions about crowding and pricing; and finally, we used a discrete choice experiment to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) for accessing the island and reducing congestion. The results reveal a high degree of perception of congestion and the potential of an entrance fee as an effective tool in reducing that congestion and thus generating resources to cover the maintenance costs of the protected area.

The essential ingredients of research supervision: A discrete-choice experiment.

2019 ◽  
Vol 111 (7) ◽  
pp. 1243-1260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Roach ◽  
Bruce K. Christensen ◽  
Elizabeth Rieger
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Choice Experiment ◽  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Research Supervision

INDIVIDUALS' PREFERENCES FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER SCREENING STRATEGIES: A DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Peters ◽  
E van Grinsven ◽  
M van de Haterd ◽  
D van Lankveld ◽  
J Verbakel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Esophageal Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Discrete Choice Experiment ◽  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Screening Strategies
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