Natural capital for nature’s contributions to people: the case of Japan
| Autor: | Keiko Hori, Shizuka Hashimoto, Takanori Matsui, Junya Kumagai, Tohru Nakashizuka, Takehisa Yamakita, Rei Shibata, Michio Oguro, Shunsuke Managi, Osamu Saito, Masahiro Aiba, Mihoko Wakamatsu, Takehito Yoshida |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Sustainable development
Global and Planetary Change education.field_of_study Health (social science) Sociology and Political Science Ecology Public economics Terrestrial natural capital Geography Planning and Development Population Sustainable development goals Biodiversity Management Monitoring Policy and Law Ecosystem services Future prediction Willingness to pay Sustainable management Capital (economics) Sustainability Business Natural capital education Marine natural capital Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Science. 17:919-954 |
| ISSN: | 1862-4057 1862-4065 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11625-020-00891-x |
| Popis: | Recently, natural capital has gained the attention of researchers and policymakers to promote sustainability. Previous studies have investigated the value of ecosystem services with respect to specific areas or species. Other studies have investigated the value of various types of ecosystem services and natural capital by integrating a number of findings using meta-analyses at the global level. Although these studies have provided information on either the global value of natural capital or the local value of specific subjects, there is little evidence on the country-specific values of natural capital in Japan, which will provide useful information for national environmental policies. We investigated the perceived values of terrestrial and marine natural capital in Japan using internet surveys and payment card methods. Data on various natural forms of capital were collected in a unified format and comparable manner. We found that some explanatory variables, such as perceived importance and visit frequency, as well as sociodemographic characteristics, are significant drivers of the willingness to pay (WTP), which maintains each aspect of natural capital. In addition, we conducted future predictions of terrestrial and marine natural capital using a scenario developed in a previous study. Our results indicate that Japan should follow a population-dispersed scenario for the sustainable management of natural capital up to 2050. |
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