A modified method to determine the value for sanitation: Case study on the willingness to pay for sanitation in peri-urban households of Peru

Autor:	Thanh-Tam Thi Le, Elizabeth K. Morris
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Contingent valuation Sanitation business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Environmental resource management Waste collection Bidding Willingness to pay Hygiene Value (economics) Economics Improved sanitation business Socioeconomics Water Science and Technology media_common
Zdroj:	Waterlines. 31:314-325
ISSN:	1756-3488 0262-8104
Popis:	This study employed the contingent valuation method to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) of peri-urban households to improve the method of waste collection in the peri-urban communities of Peru. This was a first attempt at designing a WTP methodology for on-site sanitation to access the willingness to pay a monthly fee for the maintenance and running cost for different types of sanitation technology. The methodology included a ‘bidding game’ method to determine the community's value for sanitation by portraying how an individual will react in a realistic economy with fluctuating costs for materials and facility maintenance. The results indicated that participants valued sanitation and were willing to pay a higher monthly fee to obtain improved sanitation facilities. Results also showed gender differences in hygiene practices, affecting the preferred sanitation technology.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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