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http://dx.doi.org/10.14249/eia.2016.25.1.1

Contingent Valuation of Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Prevention Projects  

Lee, Namhyung (Korea University)
Park, Sang Soo (Korea University)
Bae, Inchul (Korea Expressway Corporation)
Lee, Chung-Ki (Korea National Open University)
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Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment / v.25, no.1, 2016 , pp. 1-14 More about this Journal
Abstract
With the continuous expansion of highway network and its traffics, neighboring wildlife habitats are splitted into smaller and more isolated patches. The infrastructures contribute to the wildlife-vehicle collision by creating barriers to animal movement. This kinds of traffic accidents are dangerous factors to the drivers' safety and the facilities on the highway as well as to the wildlife themselves. One of the most common ways to prevent habitat fragmentation are fauna crossings and fences. The cost of the mitigation measures to prevent wildlife-vehicle collision could be monetized. However their economic benefits are difficult to be measured. Using contingent valuation method, this study tries to estimate the economic valuation of wildlife collision prevention projects on the Korean highways. The result shows that 43.88% of Korean household had the positive willingness pay to the projects. Moreover, we found that the recognition of the project or the favourable attitude to the environmental issues could raise the willingness-to-pay. Therefore, active public relation on the project could make the friendly public opinion and increase the number of the household which has the positive willingness-to-pay on the project.
Keywords
Wildlife-Vehicle Collision; Eco Corridor; Contingent Valuation Method;
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