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Economic Values of Freshwater Ecosystem Services from Demand and Supply Perspectives

수요 및 공급측면에서 평가한 하천 생태계서비스의 경제적 가치

  • Ahn, So Eun (Korea Environment Institute, Environmental Policy Research Group) ;
  • Kim, Gieun (Korea Environment Institute, Environmental Policy Research Group)
  • 안소은 (한국환경정책.평가연구원, 정책연구본부) ;
  • 김지은 (한국환경정책.평가연구원, 정책연구본부)
  • Received : 2016.05.17
  • Accepted : 2016.10.25
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

This study aims to estimate the values of freshwater ecosystem services from demand and supply perspectives. From demand side, unit-values of ecosystem services are derived from Environmental Valuation Information System (EVIS) and aggregated to 5 main watersheds in Korea. The derived unit-values are based on the willingness to pay estimates per household from stated preference methods. The nation-wide average total values of water quantity supply, water purification, and natural disaster control are estimated as 501.2, 410.4, and 242.4 billion won/year, respectively. From supply side, we examine the direct and indirect public expenditures (or investment) in 2013 to improve freshwater ecosystem services by the government. The total sum of government expenditures corresponds to 8,882 billion won in 2013, where 12.9, 81.3, 0.3 and 5.3% are spent to improve provisioning, regulating, supporting and cultural services, respectively, indicating that most efforts are concentrated in enhancing regulating services.

본 논문은 하천 생태계서비스의 경제적 가치추정, 특히 수요 및 공급측면에서의 중요성 평가에 목적을 둔다. 지불의 사액(WTP)에 근거한 수요측면의 가치는 환경가치종합정보시스템(EVIS)으로부터 서비스 항목별 단위가치를 도출하고, 도출된 단위가치를 서비스 영향범위인 5대 대권역으로 합산하여 추정하였다. 단위가치 추정에는 진술선호법을 활용하여 추정한 가구당 지불의사액에 한정하였다. 합산결과, 하천 생태계가 제공하는 주요 조절서비스에 해당하는 물공급, 수질정화, 홍수조절 서비스의 연간 가치는 2010년 전국기준 5,012, 4,104, 2,424억 원으로 추정되었다. 공급측면의 가치는 생태계서비스 공급 및 관리에 직 간접적으로 관련 있는 공공부문 투자액(2013 세출결산액 기준)을 중심으로 분석하였다. 분석결과, 총 투자액은 8조 8천억 원에 이르는 것으로 나타났으며, 이 중 공급서비스가 12.9%, 조절서비스가 81.3%, 지지서비스가 0.3%, 문화서비스가 5.3%를 차지하고 있는 것으로 추산되었다.

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