Willingness to Pay For Achieving Good Status Across Rivers in the Republic of Ireland

The Water Framework Directive mandates EU Member States to achieve good status across all surface waters. Derogations from this have to be proven based on infeasibility or disproportionate cost. This study explores public preference for water quality objectives and assesses willingness to pay (WTP)...

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Published inThe Economic and social review Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 425 - 445
Main Authors Buckley, Cathal, Howley, Peter, O'donoghue, Cathal, Kilgarriff, Paul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dublin Economic and Social Research Institute 01.09.2016
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EU directives
Rivers
Social classes
Studies
Water quality
Willingness to pay
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Summary:The Water Framework Directive mandates EU Member States to achieve good status across all surface waters. Derogations from this have to be proven based on infeasibility or disproportionate cost. This study explores public preference for water quality objectives and assesses willingness to pay (WTP) for achieving good status across all rivers in the Republic of Ireland using contingent valuation. Mean WTP for achieving full good status across rivers was estimated at E19 per respondent per annum. WTP was influenced by social class, subjective perceptions relating to household financial status, education, recreational use, environmental values and river basin district.[web URL:http://www.esr.ie]
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ISSN:0012-9984