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| Title: | Burned forest area or dead tres? A discrete choice experiment for Catalan citizens |
| Other Titles: | ¿Superficie forestal quemada o árboles muertos? Un experimento de elección discreta aplicado a la población catalana |
| Authors: | Farreras, Veronica
Mavsar, Robert |
| Authors (Email): | Farreras, V. (vfarreras@mendoza-conicet.gob.ar) |
| Keywords: | Discrete choice experiments
fire behaviour
fire prevention measures
social preferences
social valuation |
| JEL Codes: | Q23
D60
H49 |
| Issue Date: | 2012 |
| Abstract: | This paper estimates the social-welfare change due to the application of additional fire prevention measures on Mediterranean forests. The discrete choice experiment is applied to elicit the social preferences regarding fire prevention measures in terms of their impact on fire behaviour –fire propagation and intensity- and to estimate the value of these measures for the society. The results of the study show that additional fire prevention measures increase the welfare of the Catalan population and that fire propagation is the descriptor of fire behaviour that most concerns the population. This information may be used by policy makers and environmental managers to design their programmes and activities. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/139693 |
| Institution/Association: | Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales>Volume 12, Number 2, 2012 |
| From Page: | 137 |
| To Page: | 153 |
| Collections: | Volume 12, Number 2, 2012
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