Does ecological restoration meet the public's demand for proximity to the ocean? A nonmarket value evaluation based on choice experiment in China

IF 2.8 3区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY

Restoration Ecology Pub Date : 2024-09-06 DOI:10.1111/rec.14280

Jingzhu Shan, Yanan Hao, Jingmei Li

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Abstract

Ecological restoration effectively improves the quality of the marine ecological environment and subsequently enhances the public's sense of enjoyment and well‐being. The main objective of this paper is to assess the public's preferences regarding ecological restoration attributes and quantify the extent to which ecological restoration meets the public's needs for coastal enjoyment in Jiaozhou Bay, China. The choice experiment (CE) method was used to obtain the public preferences. To correct for the potential bias caused by non‐compensatory choice behavior in CE, the study utilizes an independent availability logit (IAL) model. The results indicate that the attributes of bay ecological restoration, including nearshore water quality, coastal landscape, coastal space, and marine biodiversity, significantly and positively influence residents' utility levels. The public's willingness to pay (WTP) for improving water quality, restoring marine biological resources, increasing coastal space, and enhancing coastal landscapes in bay ecological restoration is 92.02 Chinese Yuan (CNY), 51.80 CNY, 36.60 CNY, and 31.89 CNY per household, respectively. Based on these findings, the total WTP for ecological restoration in Jiaozhou Bay is 1.54 billion CNY annually. Through comparative analysis of the estimation results between the IAL model and traditional choice models, it is found that the IAL model helps correct non‐compensatory choice bias in CE. The conclusions of this study can provide data support for the formulation of policies on bay ecological restoration and governance as well as a reference for improving the accuracy and validity of CE valuation.

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生态修复能否满足公众亲近海洋的需求？基于中国选择实验的非市场价值评估

生态修复能有效改善海洋生态环境质量，进而提高公众的享受感和幸福感。本文的主要目的是评估公众对生态修复属性的偏好，并量化生态修复在多大程度上满足了公众对中国胶州湾海岸享受的需求。本文采用选择实验法（CE）获取公众偏好。为了纠正 CE 中非补偿性选择行为可能造成的偏差，研究采用了独立可得性对数（IAL）模型。结果表明，海湾生态修复的属性，包括近岸水质、海岸景观、海岸空间和海洋生物多样性，对居民的效用水平有显著的正向影响。公众对海湾生态修复中改善水质、恢复海洋生物资源、增加海岸空间和提升海岸景观的支付意愿（WTP）分别为每户 92.02 元人民币、51.80 元人民币、36.60 元人民币和 31.89 元人民币。根据上述结果，胶州湾生态修复的总 WTP 为每年 15.4 亿元人民币。通过对比分析 IAL 模型与传统选择模型的估计结果，发现 IAL 模型有助于纠正 CE 中的非补偿性选择偏差。本研究的结论可为海湾生态修复与治理政策的制定提供数据支持，也可为提高 CE 估值的准确性和有效性提供参考。

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Restoration Ecology 环境科学-生态学

CiteScore

6.50

自引率

15.60%

发文量

226

审稿时长

12-24 weeks

期刊介绍： Restoration Ecology fosters the exchange of ideas among the many disciplines involved with ecological restoration. Addressing global concerns and communicating them to the international research community and restoration practitioners, the journal is at the forefront of a vital new direction in science, ecology, and policy. Original papers describe experimental, observational, and theoretical studies on terrestrial, marine, and freshwater systems, and are considered without taxonomic bias. Contributions span the natural sciences, including ecological and biological aspects, as well as the restoration of soil, air and water when set in an ecological context; and the social sciences, including cultural, philosophical, political, educational, economic and historical aspects. Edited by a distinguished panel, the journal continues to be a major conduit for researchers to publish their findings in the fight to not only halt ecological damage, but also to ultimately reverse it.