Department Environmental Social Sciences

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      authors => protected'Logar, I.; Brouwer, R.; Maurer, M.; Ort, C.' (63 chars)
      title => protected'Cost-benefit analysis of the Swiss national policy on reducing micropollutan
         ts in treated wastewater' (100 chars)
      journal => protected'Environmental Science and Technology' (36 chars)
      year => protected2014 (integer)
      volume => protected48 (integer)
      issue => protected'21' (2 chars)
      startpage => protected'12500' (5 chars)
      otherpage => protected'12508' (5 chars)
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      description => protected'Contamination of freshwater with micropollutants (MPs) is a growing concern 
         worldwide. Even at very low concentrations, MPs can have adverse effects on 
         aquatic ecosystems and possibly also on human health. Switzerland is one of 
         the first countries to start implementing a national policy to reduce MPs in
          the effluents of municipal sewage treatment plants (STPs). This paper estim
         ates the benefits of upgrading STPs based on public’s stated preferences. 
         To assess public demand for the reduction of the environmental and health ri
         sks of MPs, we conducted a choice experiment in a national online survey. Th
         e results indicate that the average willingness to pay per household is CHF 
         100 (US$ 73) annually for reducing the potential environmental risk of MPs t
         o a low level. These benefits, aggregated over households in the catchment o
         f the STPs to be upgraded, generate a total annual economic value of CHF 155
          million (US$ 113 million). This compares with estimated annual costs for up
         grading 123 STPs of CHF 133 million (US$ 97 million) or CHF 86 (US$ 63) per 
         household connected to these STPs. Hence, a cost-benefit analysis justifies 
         the investment decision from an economic point of view and supports the impl
         ementation of the national policy in the ongoing political discussion.' (1286 chars)
      serialnumber => protected'0013-936X' (9 chars)
      doi => protected'10.1021/es502338j' (17 chars)
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      authors => protected'Metz, F.; Ingold, K.' (30 chars)
      title => protected'Sustainable wastewater management: is it possible to regulate micropollution
          in the future by learning from the Past? A policy analysis' (135 chars)
      journal => protected'Sustainability' (14 chars)
      year => protected2014 (integer)
      volume => protected6 (integer)
      issue => protected'4' (1 chars)
      startpage => protected'1992' (4 chars)
      otherpage => protected'2012' (4 chars)
      categories => protected'micropollution regulation; water quality; policy analysis; policy instrument
         s' (77 chars)
      description => protected'This paper applies a policy analysis approach to the question of how to effe
         ctively regulate micropollution in a sustainable manner. Micropollution is a
          complex policy problem characterized by a huge number and diversity of chem
         ical substances, as well as various entry paths into the aquatic environment
         . It challenges traditional water quality management by calling for new tech
         nologies in wastewater treatment and behavioral changes in industry, agricul
         ture and civil society. In light of such challenges, the question arises as 
         to how to regulate such a complex phenomenon to ensure water quality is main
         tained in the future? What can we learn from past experiences in water quali
         ty regulation? To answer these questions, policy analysis strongly focuses o
         n the design and choice of policy instruments and the mix of such measures. 
         In this paper, we review instruments commonly used in past water quality reg
         ulation. We evaluate their ability to respond to the characteristics of a mo
         re recent water quality problem, <I>i.e.</I>, micropollution, in a sustainab
         le way. This way, we develop a new framework that integrates both the proble
         m dimension (<I>i.e.</I>, causes and effects of a problem) as well as the su
         stainability dimension (e.g., long-term, cross-sectoral and multi-level) to 
         assess which policy instruments are best suited to regulate micropollution. 
         We thus conclude that sustainability criteria help to identify an appropriat
         e instrument mix of end-of-pipe and source-directed measures to reduce aquat
         ic micropollution.' (1538 chars)
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      doi => protected'10.3390/su6041992' (17 chars)
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      authors => protected'Brouwer,&nbsp;R.; Logar,&nbsp;I.; Sheremet,&nbsp;O.' (51 chars)
      title => protected'Choice consistency and preference stability in test-retests of discrete choi
         ce experiment and open-ended willingness to pay elicitation formats' (143 chars)
      journal => protected'Environmental and Resource Economics' (36 chars)
      year => protected2017 (integer)
      volume => protected68 (integer)
      issue => protected'3' (1 chars)
      startpage => protected'729' (3 chars)
      otherpage => protected'751' (3 chars)
      categories => protected'preference stability; choice consistency; discrete choice experiment; test-r
         etest; open-ended WTP' (97 chars)
      description => protected'This study tests the temporal stability of preferences, choices and willingn
         ess to pay (WTP) values using both discrete choice experiment (DCE) and open
         -ended (OE) WTP elicitation formats. The same sample is surveyed three times
          over the course of two years using each time the same choice sets. Choice c
         onsistency is positively correlated with choice certainty and choice complex
         ity. The impact of choice complexity fades away in time, most likely as a re
         sult of learning and preference refinement. Although the OE WTP values remai
         n stable over a time period of 2 years as in previous stated preference stud
         ies, DCE based WTP measures differ significantly, suggesting their use in be
         nefits transfer may be limited.' (715 chars)
      serialnumber => protected'0924-6460' (9 chars)
      doi => protected'10.1007/s10640-016-0045-z' (25 chars)
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