Estimating the benefits of water quality improvements under the Water Framework Directive: are benefits transferable?

Hanley, N.; Colombo, S.; Tinch, D.; Black, A.; Aftab, A.

Abstract

The Water Framework Directive sets an objective of ‘Good Ecological Status’ for water bodies across the EU. Non-point pollution from agriculture is a major reason for the failure of rivers in the UK to meet this target. In this paper, we use choice experiment methodology to test the transferability of benefit estimates of water quality improvements for two small catchments where agricultural-source non-point pollution and irrigation water abstraction are the main threats to ecological status. We also investigate the most appropriate techniques to apply to transfer testing, including allowing for correlation between preferences for environmental attributes, and testing for acceptable differences between transferred and original values.

Citation

Hanley, N., Colombo, S., Tinch, D., Black, A., & Aftab, A. (2006). Estimating the benefits of water quality improvements under the Water Framework Directive: are benefits transferable?. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 33(3), 391-413. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurrag/jbl019

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2006
• Deposit Date: Jul 16, 2007
• Journal: European Review of Agricultural Economics
• Print ISSN: 0165-1587
• Electronic ISSN: 1464-3618
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 391-413
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurrag/jbl019
• Keywords: Water Framework Directive, Benefits transfer, Choice experiments, Non-point pollution, Irrigation.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1538163