Abstract

This paper uses a choice experiment to estimate how Swedish households value different environmental improvements for the hydropower regulated rivers. We obtained clear evidence that Swedish households have preferences for environmental improvement in hydropower regulated waters, at least when the cost is relatively low. Remedial measures that improve the conditions for all of the included environmental attributes i.e. fish, benthic invertebrates, river-margin vegetation and birds were found to have a significant welfare increasing impact. The results can be of value for the implementation of the Water Framework Directives in Sweden, which aims to reform the use of all surface water and ground water in the member states. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Choice experiments; Water quality; Water framework directive; Hydropower

Published in

Energy Economics
2009, Volume: 31, number: 1, pages: 69-76
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

SLU Authors

• Kataria, Mitesh

  • Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG6 Clean water and sanitation
SDG14 Life below water


UKÄ Subject classification

Economics


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2008.07.005

Permanent link to this page (URI)

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