Estimating Willingness to Pay for Improving Municipal Solid Waste Management Using a Choice Experiment: A Case Study of Central China

Z. J. Zhang

2018

Abstract

To minimize the mismatch between the inadequate capacity of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) services caused by substantially increasing municipal solid waste and the rising demand for higher environmental quality in central China, this paper employed choice experiment method to estimate the willingness to pay of households to improve MSWM services. Based on household survey data from two cities, the estimation results reveal that households, in general, are willing to contribute extra money for the improvement of MSWM services and there is considerable preference heterogeneity across households and cities. Households in Nanchang tend to focus on frequency of waste transportation while households in Anqing prefer frequency of waste collection. Household income, household size, householder age, and especially environmental attitude, are important sources of preference heterogeneity. On an average, households in Nanchang and Anqing are willing to pay 25.632 CNY and 13.275 CNY per month for the improved MSWM services respectively.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Zhang Z. (2018). Estimating Willingness to Pay for Improving Municipal Solid Waste Management Using a Choice Experiment: A Case Study of Central China.In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Environmental Management, Science and Engineering - Volume 1: IWEMSE, ISBN 978-989-758-344-5, pages 382-392. DOI: 10.5220/0007561103820392

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iwemse18,
author={Z. J. Zhang},
title={Estimating Willingness to Pay for Improving Municipal Solid Waste Management Using a Choice Experiment: A Case Study of Central China},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Workshop on Environmental Management, Science and Engineering - Volume 1: IWEMSE,},
year={2018},
pages={382-392},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007561103820392},
isbn={978-989-758-344-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Environmental Management, Science and Engineering - Volume 1: IWEMSE,
TI - Estimating Willingness to Pay for Improving Municipal Solid Waste Management Using a Choice Experiment: A Case Study of Central China
SN - 978-989-758-344-5
AU - Zhang Z.
PY - 2018
SP - 382
EP - 392
DO - 10.5220/0007561103820392