@article{Burton:123616,
      recid = {123616},
      author = {Burton, Michael P. and Marsh, Sally P. and Patterson,  Josie},
      title = {Community attitudes towards water management in the Moore  Catchment, WA.},
      address = {2000},
      number = {411-2016-25685},
      pages = {26},
      year = {2000},
      abstract = {The Moore Catchment, which lies to the north of Perth, WA,  suffers from a number of
problems related to water  management. Farmers want to manage salinity and  waterlogging
problems through the use of drains, but this  has negative off-farm impacts on both the
environment and  flood risk. Views on responsibilities for managing water  within the
catchment differ between farmers, local  communities and government agencies. This paper
reports the  results from surveys of attitudes towards catchment  management, for two
community groups: residents of Perth  and residents of rural towns in the catchment. A
parallel  study of farmers has been undertaken but is not reported  here. These surveys
elicited general attitudes towards the  environment and agriculture, and views on
responsibilities  for managing the catchment. It also included a choice  modelling section,
where the attributes under consideration  included the area of land under salt and trees,
ecological  risks to off-farm wetlands and risk of flooding, farm  incomes and personal
financial contributions to a  management fund. Preliminary results indicate that  residents of
both rural towns and Perth are willing to pay  to avoid damage to the natural environment,
both on and  off-farm, as well as the risk of flooding. Perhaps more  surprisingly, whether
farmers' incomes were being  negatively affected in a choice set has a very strong  impact on
the choice made.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/123616},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.123616},
}