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dc.contributor.authorAmbrey, Christopher-
dc.contributor.authorFleming, Christopher-
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-13T03:36:51Zen
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-22T23:12:28Zen
dc.date.available2013-01-22T23:12:28Zen
dc.date.issued2013-01-23-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10620/17634en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10620/3766en
dc.description.abstractThe valuation of complex environmental goods represents a considerable challenge for conventional non-market valuation techniques. The use of life satisfaction (or happiness) data has recently emerged as a new means of placing monetary values on non-market goods and services. This approach offers several advantages over more conventional techniques. This paper uses data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey along with Geographic Information Systems data to value ecosystem diversity in South East Queensland, Australia. It is found that, on average, a respondent has an implicit willingness-to-pay of approximately AUD$14 000 in household income per annum to obtain a one unit improvement in ecosystem diversity. This result confirms that the preservation, or improvement, of existing levels of ecosystem diversity is welfare enhancing. To our knowledge, this is the first paper to value ecosystem diversity using the life satisfaction approach.en
dc.subjectSatisfaction -- Lifeen
dc.titleValuing Ecosystem Diversity in South East Queensland: A Life Satisfaction Approachen
dc.typeJournal Articlesen
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11205-012-0208-4en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-012-0208-4en
dc.identifier.surveyHILDAen
dc.identifier.rishttp://flosse.dss.gov.au//ris.php?id=4192en
dc.description.keywordsEcosystem Diversityen
dc.description.keywordsBiodiversityen
dc.description.keywordsLife Satisfactionen
dc.description.keywordsNon-market valuationen
dc.description.keywordsHousehold, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA)en
dc.identifier.journalSocial Indicators Researchen
dc.identifier.volume115en
dc.description.pages45-65en
dc.identifier.issue1en
local.identifier.id4192en
dc.title.bookSocial Indicators Researchen
dc.subject.dssLifestyleen
dc.subject.dssmaincategorySatisfactionen
dc.subject.dsssubcategoryLifeen
dc.subject.flosseLifestyleen
dc.relation.surveyHILDAen
dc.old.surveyvalueHILDAen
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