Evaluating the welfare effects of improved wastewater treatment using a discrete choice experiment
| dc.contributor.author | Ndunda, Ezekiel Nthee | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mungatana, Eric Dada | |
| dc.contributor.email | eric.mungatana@up.ac.za | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-27T07:35:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-27T07:35:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-07-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper employs the discrete choice experiment method to estimate the benefits of improved wastewater treatment programs to mitigate the impacts of water pollution in Nairobi, Kenya. Urban and peri-urban farmers who use wastewater for irrigation from Motoine to Ngong River in Nairobi were randomly selected for the study. A random parameter logit model was used to estimate the individual level willingness to pay for the wastewater treatment before reuse in irrigation. The results show that urban and peri-urban farmers are willing to pay significant monthly municipality taxes for treatment of wastewater. We find that the quality of treated wastewater, the quantity of treated wastewater and the riverine ecosystem restoration are significant factors of preference over alternative policy designs in reduction of water pollution. | en_US |
| dc.description.librarian | hb2013 | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This research was supported by the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA). | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | www.elsevier.com/locate/jenvman | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ndunda, EN & Mungatana, ED 2013, 'Evaluating the welfare effects of improved wastewater treatment using a discrete choice experiment', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 123, no. 7, pp. 49-57. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0301-4797 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1095-8630 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.02.053 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21746 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
| dc.rights | © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Environmental Management. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Environmental Management, vol.123, no.7, 2013, DOI : 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.02.053. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Conditional logistic model | en_US |
| dc.subject | Constructed wetland technology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Discrete choice experiment | en_US |
| dc.subject | Random parameter logit model | en_US |
| dc.subject | Wastewater treatment | en_US |
| dc.subject | Riverine ecosystem restoration | en_US |
| dc.title | Evaluating the welfare effects of improved wastewater treatment using a discrete choice experiment | en_US |
| dc.type | Postprint Article | en_US |