Games between stakeholders and the payment for ecological services: evidence from the Wuxijiang River reservoir area in China.

ABSTRACT: A gambling or "game" phenomenon can be observed in the complex relationship between sources and receptors of ecological compensation among multiple stakeholders. This paper investigates the problem of gambling to determine payment amounts, and details a method to estimate the ecological compensation amount related to water resources in the Wuxijiang River reservoir area in China. Public statistics and first-hand data obtained from a field investigation were used as data sources. Estimation of the source and receptor amount of ecological compensation relevant to the water resource being investigated was achieved using the contingent valuation method (CVM). The ecological compensation object and its benefit and gambling for the Wuxijiang River water source area are also analyzed in this pape

SUBMITTER: Shu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5845578 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature