Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Services in Mining Regions of Developing Economies: Case Study of a Coal Mining Project in Thar Coalfield, Pakistan

doi:10.3390/w10040481

	Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Services in Mining Regions of Developing Economies: Case Study of a Coal Mining Project in Thar Coalfield, Pakistan
	Aslam, Hina 1,2,3; Liu, Jian 1,3,4; Mazher, Abeer 5; Mojo, Dagne 1,2; Imran, Muhammad 6; Fu, Chao 1,2
刊名	WATER
	2018-04-01
卷号	10 期号:4 页码:17
关键词	water scarcity coal mining Thar coalfield contingent valuation groundwater sustainable development China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
ISSN号	2073-4441
DOI	10.3390/w10040481
通讯作者	Aslam, Hina(hina.aslam@unep-iemp.org)
英文摘要	Local communities in mining regions are vulnerable to water scarcity risks caused by extensive mining and changing climate. To mitigate such risks, we adopt a non-market valuation of low income communities' preferences for improved access to water services, as an effort to develop pro-poor policies that bring long-term water security and benefits to the local people. Using data collected from 268 households from the mining site in the Thar coalfield (Pakistan), we examine the household willingness to pay (WTP) for all major uses based on hypothetical policy scenarios. Results show that the mean WTP was estimated to be PKR 3921 (USD 38) for risk averting services (S1) and PKR 4927 (USD 48.13) for domestic pipelines and more decentralized water systems (S2) per month. We found that the mean WTP for S1 is 11.8% and for S2 is 16.6% more than the existing water-related expenditures of households. Age of household head, income level, project employment, livestock, farm income, and water quality are the significant factors influencing their WTP. These findings provide empirical evidence to policymakers and resource managers to implement cost-effective water management plans that provide multiple ecosystem service benefits, thereby potentially aiding pro-poor and sustainable economic growth in mining regions.
资助项目	International Ecosystem Management Partnership-United Nations Environment Programme ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31361140360]
WOS关键词	CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD ; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; SOUTH-AFRICA ; RURAL-AREAS ; COST ; LIVELIHOODS ; MANAGEMENT ; TANZANIA ; AQUIFERS ; INDUSTRY
WOS研究方向	Water Resources
语种	英语
出版者	MDPI
WOS记录号	WOS:000434954900135
资助机构	International Ecosystem Management Partnership-United Nations Environment Programme ; National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/54718]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Aslam, Hina
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modeling, 11A Datun Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.United Nat Environm Programme, Int Ecosyst Management Partnership, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, 19 Yuquan Rd, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.United Nat Environm, Ecosyst Div, POB 30552-00100, Nairobi, Kenya 5.CSIRO, Deep Earth Imaging Future Sci Platform, Perth, WA 6151, Australia 6.PMAS Arid Agr Univ, Inst Geoinformat & Earth Observat, Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Aslam, Hina,Liu, Jian,Mazher, Abeer,et al. Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Services in Mining Regions of Developing Economies: Case Study of a Coal Mining Project in Thar Coalfield, Pakistan[J]. WATER,2018,10(4):17.
APA	Aslam, Hina,Liu, Jian,Mazher, Abeer,Mojo, Dagne,Imran, Muhammad,&Fu, Chao.(2018).Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Services in Mining Regions of Developing Economies: Case Study of a Coal Mining Project in Thar Coalfield, Pakistan.WATER,10(4),17.
MLA	Aslam, Hina,et al."Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Services in Mining Regions of Developing Economies: Case Study of a Coal Mining Project in Thar Coalfield, Pakistan".WATER 10.4(2018):17.