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Factors affecting public participation in river ecosystem restoration: using the contingent valuation method

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  • Khorshed Alam

    (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)

Abstract

Understanding public support for ecosystem restoration is critical to its successful implementation because the sustainability of sound resource management is rooted in stakeholders’ support. The contingent valuation method was used to measure participants’ willingness to contribute, both in the form of money and time, to the restoration of an impaired river ecosystem. Data for this research was collected from the adult population of Dhaka City, located in the dying Buriganga River catchment. A study on the hypothetical restoration of this vulnerable urban river in Bangladesh showed that this new approach to framing the valuation questions generated greater contribution from the community. This approach was found suitable in the developing country setting where many of the participants’ ‘disposable income’ did not reflect their real earnings as the labour market was not fully monetized. This research finds strong support among residents for, and willingness to participate in, the restoration of the impaired ecosystem. The results from the logistic regression lend support to the hypothesis that a significant relationship exists between residents’ willingness to participate in restoration and their socio-demographic and perceptional characteristics. The information generated from this study will be helpful for better understanding the planning and implementation of ecosystem restoration strategies.

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  • Khorshed Alam, 2013. "Factors affecting public participation in river ecosystem restoration: using the contingent valuation method," Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee State University, College of Business, vol. 47(1), pages 223-240, January-J.
  • Handle: RePEc:jda:journl:vol.47:year:2013:issue1:pp:223-240
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    1. Michael O. Erdiaw‐Kwasie & Khorshed Alam & Enamul Kabir, 2017. "Modelling Corporate Stakeholder Orientation: Does the Relationship Between Stakeholder Background Characteristics and Corporate Social Performance Matter?," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(4), pages 465-479, May.
    2. Daile Zeng & Boya Chen & Jingxin Wang & John L. Innes & Juliet Lu & Futao Guo & Yancun Yan & Guangyu Wang, 2024. "Determinants of Public Participation in Watershed Management in Southeast China: An Application of the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-23, November.

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    Keywords

    Buriganga River; contingent valuation method; logit regression model; public participation; river ecosystem restoration;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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