Establishment of a New Urban Solid Waste Management Programs in Mazandaran Province, North of Iran

H Amirnejad,A Shahpori,K Jahanifar,F Eshghi

doi:10.4314/jasem.v22i7.7

Abstract

This study reports residents’ preferences to establish a new urban solid waste management programs results from a double-bounded dichotomous choice contingent valuation method and choice experiment in Mazandaran province, north of Iran. In order to analysis the residents’ preferences, a dichotomous hypothetical market and a choice sets with different attributes and options were used For estimation of two mentioned methods, the normal logit and conditional logit were applied. In addition, an empirical comparison of the welfare measures derived from the doublebounded DC-CVM and CE is conducted. The main results show that there is no significant difference between the values derived from the two methods. The mean of WTP to establish a new solid waste management programs in CV and CE were estimated 2.45 and 2.61 US$, respectively, per a person per a month. Also the estimated marginal WTP for all attributes in CE was 8.1 US$ per a month. The results suggest that both double-bounded DC-CVM and CE can be successfully stablished for improvement environmental level quality in Mazandaran province. This paper could provide the basis for further development of other new programs on sustainable urban management of solid waste in Mazandaran province.Keywords: Dichotomous choice, Willingness to pay, Solid waste management, Mazandaran province, Iran

Highlights

The management of solid waste is a main problem in urban areas throughout the world but in the quickly growing cities and towns in the developing world (Guerrero-Baena et al, 2015)
One aim of this study is to compare the results of double-bounded DC-contingent valuation method (CVM) and choice experiment (CE) with respect to solid waste management programs in Mazandaran province (MP)
Since MP is a special ecological region in Iran with a complex political, institutional, cultural and socioeconomic background, a related objective is to learn if CVM and CE can be applied in MP

Summary

INTRODUCTION

The management of solid waste is a main problem in urban areas throughout the world but in the quickly growing cities and towns in the developing world (Guerrero-Baena et al, 2015). Because solid waste collection and disposal services are often underpriced or non-priced, it is difficult to derive their economic benefits from ordinary market prices (Willson et al, 2013). The CVM has been the most commonly used non-market valuation method for estimating the benefits of environmental goods and services, but this method is viewed with some doubt, especially in situations where multiple options and several attributes are being considered. One aim of this study is to compare the results of double-bounded DC-CVM and CE with respect to solid waste management programs in Mazandaran province (MP). The objective of this paper is to investigate the establishment of a new urban solid waste management programs results from a double-bounded dichotomous choice contingent valuation method and choice experiment in Mazandaran province, north of Iran

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