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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.

Authors

N. Hanley

S. Colombo

D. Tinch

A. Black



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


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