TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating the multiple benefits of marine water quality improvements
T2 - how important are health risk reductions?
AU - Machado, Fernando S.
AU - Mourato, Susana
PY - 2002/7
Y1 - 2002/7
N2 - Marine water pollution affects many recreational sites around the world. It has impacts not only on recreational activities but also on health risks for those who come into direct contact with the water. Few economic studies have explicitly considered the health risks of bathing in polluted marine waters and none have attempted to separate health benefits from other benefits of marine water quality improvements. This paper uses stated preference techniques to separately evaluate the multiple benefits of improving the quality of marine recreational waters at the Estoril Coast in Portugal. The results indicate that health risk reductions are only a small fraction of the total social benefits of water quality improvements.
AB - Marine water pollution affects many recreational sites around the world. It has impacts not only on recreational activities but also on health risks for those who come into direct contact with the water. Few economic studies have explicitly considered the health risks of bathing in polluted marine waters and none have attempted to separate health benefits from other benefits of marine water quality improvements. This paper uses stated preference techniques to separately evaluate the multiple benefits of improving the quality of marine recreational waters at the Estoril Coast in Portugal. The results indicate that health risk reductions are only a small fraction of the total social benefits of water quality improvements.
KW - Contingent ranking
KW - Contingent valuation
KW - Health risks
KW - Marine water quality
KW - Portugal
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036650895&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1006/jema.2002.0531
DO - 10.1006/jema.2002.0531
M3 - Article
C2 - 12357657
AN - SCOPUS:0036650895
SN - 0301-4797
VL - 65
SP - 239
EP - 250
JO - Journal of Environmental Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Management
IS - 3
ER -