 Valuation of river restoration measures – Do residential preferences depend on leisure behaviour?Lars Symmank, Adriano Profeta and Christine Niens European Planning Studies, 2021, vol. 29, issue 3, 580-600 Abstract: The number of river restoration projects grew steadily in recent years. However, freshwater ecosystems attract diverse stakeholder groups and thus are frequently a source of conflicting interests. A growing number of studies analyses stakeholder preferences towards river restoration projects albeit without distinguishing between them. However, a differentiated analysis is highly important, since public participation in decision-making is often restricted to a limited number of stakeholder groups. We used a discrete choice experiment to unravel preference heterogeneity of local residents towards river restoration depending on individual leisure behaviour. Our results show that some user groups have contrasting preferences to the vast majority of users. This is of particular interest, as these well-organized and influencing groups are considerably small and do not represent the general opinion of residents. Our results illustrate the large challenges for decision-makers and planners who are obliged to ensure public participation in river restoration projects. Date: 2021 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:29:y:2021:i:3:p:580-600 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2020.1760792 Access Statistics for this article European Planning Studies is currently edited by Philip Cooke and Louis Albrechts More articles in European Planning Studies from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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