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Susan B Kask - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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contingent valuation net marginal benefits and the scale of riparian Ecosystem Restoration
Ecological Economics, 2004Co-Authors: Thomas P. Holmes, Eric Huszar, John C. Bergstrom, Susan B KaskAbstract:Abstract A study was undertaken to estimate the benefits and costs of riparian Restoration projects along the Little Tennessee River in western North Carolina. Restoration benefits were described in terms of five indicators of Ecosystem services: abundance of game fish, water clarity, wildlife habitat, allowable water uses, and Ecosystem naturalness. A sequence of dichotomous choice contingent valuation questions were presented to local residents to assess household willingness to pay increased county sales taxes for differing amounts of riparian Restoration. Results showed that the benefits of Ecosystem Restoration were a non-linear function of Restoration scale and the benefits of full Restoration were super-additive. We estimated the costs of riparian Restoration activities by collecting and analyzing data from 35 projects in the study area. After adjusting our estimated valuation function for socio-economic characteristics of the local population, the benefit/cost ratio for riparian Restoration ranged from 4.03 (for 2 miles of Restoration) to 15.65 (for 6 miles of Restoration). Riparian Restoration in this watershed is therefore an economically feasible investment of public funds at all measured spatial scales.
Andrea K Gerlak - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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interorganizational engagement in collaborative environmental management evidence from the south florida Ecosystem Restoration task force
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2014Co-Authors: Ramiro Berardo, Tanya Heikkila, Andrea K GerlakAbstract:Collaboration is commonly used to deliver public services that reach beyond the individual capacities of independent organizations. Although much of the literature in the fields of collaborative governance has offered theoretical insights to explain how stakeholders might initially enter into collaborative processes or how the design of collaborative processes can support continued stakeholder participation over time, the literature has not effectively studied what factors might drive actors to engage one another in a particular conversation or discussion during a collaborative process, nor what factors affect whether engagement is cooperative or conflictual. We fill this gap through a more “micro-level” view of collaborative engagement in a study of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, a collaborative arrangement involving representatives from 14 federal, tribal, state, and local agencies, charged with advising and coordinating the efforts in South Florida to restore and recover the Florida Everglades. We use data from coded meeting minutes of discussions among the participants in the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program Task Force over a 5-year time frame and demonstrate that the types of issues under discussion and the actors involved in discussion can either foster or inhibit engagement and conflict during dialogue. Our results have important implications for the development of a stronger theory of collaborative engagement in interorganizational partnerships.
David Scrogin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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latent preferences and valuation of wetland Ecosystem Restoration
Ecological Economics, 2006Co-Authors: Walter J Milon, David ScroginAbstract:Abstract We employ a latent class choice model to evaluate the effects of alternative ecological characterizations of wetland functions and services on individual preferences, and to determine whether socioeconomic factors and psychometric measures of environmental attitudes can explain differences in individual's preferences and values for wetland Restoration. This analysis combines a multiattribute choice model with information on individual's characteristics to evaluate preferences for Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, one of the largest and most comprehensive wetland Ecosystem Restoration projects. To identify potential endpoints for Everglades Restoration, two alternative ecological characterizations of the Ecosystem were developed using the familiar distinction between function and structure. Survey data from a representative sample of the general population were used in a split-sample design based on the ecological characterization treatment. Within each subsample, the latent class analysis identified three groups who varied in their preferences for Ecosystem Restoration and socioeconomic profiles. The ecological characterizations had a significant influence on respondents' preferences and willingness to pay (WTP). The subsample responding to the structural characterization had a significantly larger share of respondents in the group who favored proposed Restoration plans than the functional attribute subsample. In both subsamples, the group who favored Restoration had a higher WTP for Restoration than other groups. The latent class analysis also revealed socioeconomic and attitudinal factors that explain some of the heterogeneity in preferences and WTP within each subsample; this heterogeneity would not be identified with a standard choice model. In the context of Everglades Restoration, the results provide a baseline assessment of public support and WTP that suggests an emphasis on structural rather than functional Restoration endpoints. The approach described in this article can be used in other policy studies of wetland Ecosystems because multiple Ecosystem services can be represented within a stated choice survey and differences in preferences and values for these services can be measured.
Thomas P. Holmes - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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contingent valuation net marginal benefits and the scale of riparian Ecosystem Restoration
Ecological Economics, 2004Co-Authors: Thomas P. Holmes, Eric Huszar, John C. Bergstrom, Susan B KaskAbstract:Abstract A study was undertaken to estimate the benefits and costs of riparian Restoration projects along the Little Tennessee River in western North Carolina. Restoration benefits were described in terms of five indicators of Ecosystem services: abundance of game fish, water clarity, wildlife habitat, allowable water uses, and Ecosystem naturalness. A sequence of dichotomous choice contingent valuation questions were presented to local residents to assess household willingness to pay increased county sales taxes for differing amounts of riparian Restoration. Results showed that the benefits of Ecosystem Restoration were a non-linear function of Restoration scale and the benefits of full Restoration were super-additive. We estimated the costs of riparian Restoration activities by collecting and analyzing data from 35 projects in the study area. After adjusting our estimated valuation function for socio-economic characteristics of the local population, the benefit/cost ratio for riparian Restoration ranged from 4.03 (for 2 miles of Restoration) to 15.65 (for 6 miles of Restoration). Riparian Restoration in this watershed is therefore an economically feasible investment of public funds at all measured spatial scales.
Ramiro Berardo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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interorganizational engagement in collaborative environmental management evidence from the south florida Ecosystem Restoration task force
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2014Co-Authors: Ramiro Berardo, Tanya Heikkila, Andrea K GerlakAbstract:Collaboration is commonly used to deliver public services that reach beyond the individual capacities of independent organizations. Although much of the literature in the fields of collaborative governance has offered theoretical insights to explain how stakeholders might initially enter into collaborative processes or how the design of collaborative processes can support continued stakeholder participation over time, the literature has not effectively studied what factors might drive actors to engage one another in a particular conversation or discussion during a collaborative process, nor what factors affect whether engagement is cooperative or conflictual. We fill this gap through a more “micro-level” view of collaborative engagement in a study of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, a collaborative arrangement involving representatives from 14 federal, tribal, state, and local agencies, charged with advising and coordinating the efforts in South Florida to restore and recover the Florida Everglades. We use data from coded meeting minutes of discussions among the participants in the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program Task Force over a 5-year time frame and demonstrate that the types of issues under discussion and the actors involved in discussion can either foster or inhibit engagement and conflict during dialogue. Our results have important implications for the development of a stronger theory of collaborative engagement in interorganizational partnerships.
