A choice experiment study for land-use scenarios in semi-arid watershed environments |
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| Institution: | 1. Social-Ecological Systems Laboratory, Department of Ecology (C-201), c. Darwin, 2, Edificio de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain;2. The Mediterranean Science Commission – CIESM Villa Girasole, 16 Boulevard de Suisse, Monte Carlo 98000, Monaco;3. Andalusian Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of Global Change (CAESCG), Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Ctra. Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain;1. Dept. Economía de la Empresa, Área de Economía, Sociología y Política Agraria, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 48, 30203 Cartagena, Spain;2. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Private Bag 5, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia;3. School of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Western Australia, 35, Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia;4. Department of Environmental Economics, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands;1. ICAAM— Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Universidade de Évora, Núcleo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal;2. Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Colégio Luis António Verney, Rua Romão Ramalho, 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal;1. Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain;2. Department of Environmental Economics, Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Department of Economics and Economic History, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain;4. Centre International de Coopération en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier, France;1. Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability, 1 CREATE Way, #06-01 CREATE Tower, Singapore 138602, Singapore;2. Chair of Planning of Landscape and Urban Systems, ETH Zurich, HIL H 51.4, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 15, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland;3. Graduate Program in Urban Studies, University of Indonesia, Pascasarjana UI Building 4th Floor, Salemba Raya 4 Street, Central Jakarta 10430, Indonesia |
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| Abstract: | Within the ecosystem services framework, this study explores local population preferences for different land-use management options in the Nacimiento watershed (south-eastern Spain). To this end, we analysed the benefits generated by the watershed through a choice experiment. We selected two ecological (river quality and protected area), three socio-economic (traditional agriculture, ecotourism facilities and wind farms) and one monetary (tax reallocation) attributes associated with various ecosystem services in the area, where changes in land-use are occurring. The data were first analysed using a multinomial logit model. Then, a mixed logit model was used to account for heterogeneity across respondent preferences. Our results indicated that the respondents would support a new management plan, focussing on traditional farming and river quality. Fostering traditional agriculture and ecotourism were also supported by those who consider the preservation of local identity to be important; however, greater priority should be given to integrating the protected area with the preservation of local identity and the priorities of the local population. Furthermore, future stated preference studies to explore the trade-offs among rural-area-management policies should consider using tax reallocation as payment vehicle. These findings may offer important guidelines for the design of future land-use management plans in semi-arid mountains. |
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