Public values for improved water security for domestic and environmental use

Abstract

A choice modelling valuation exercise was recently undertaken across several countries to assess the tradeoffs that households are prepared to make between water use restrictions, maintaining environmental condition in waterways, and increased water costs. The results from the Queensland survey are reported in this paper. Also discussed are some of the tradeoffs involved in assuring the integrity of an international survey while retaining sufficient local context to make the choice modelling exercise both realistic and meaningful.Choice modelling, water scarcity, water use tradeoffs, international survey, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy,