Implementing the Contingent Valuation Method for supporting decision making in the waste management sector.
This study presents an application of the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) for valuing the environmental impacts associated with the operation of landfills for residues following waste treatment and depicts how the results of the analysis can be used for decision making in the field of waste management. The survey was conducted in Ikaria, Greece, a medium-sized island in the northern Aegean Sea, with a view to estimate the amount of compensatory benefits that are socially acceptable to be attributed to the hosting community of a new landfill for residues. The results showed that the mean willingness to pay per household to create a fund for financing social and environmental programs in the community that will host the landfill in question was estimated at €6.5-6.7 per 2-month and household taking into account all households of the sample. This estimate is at the same order of magnitude but at the lower band compared to the results of other relevant studies showing that the public in Ikaria is aware for the relatively limited environmental burdens associated with the operation of landfills for residues following an integrated waste management treatment.
National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Polytexneiou 9, Zografou, 15780 Athens, Greece.
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Gaglias
Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Lofos Nimfon, Thission, 11810 Athens, Greece. Electronic address: seba@noa.gr.
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Mirasgedis
National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Polytexneiou 9, Zografou, 15780 Athens, Greece.
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Tourkolias
Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Lofos Nimfon, Thission, 11810 Athens, Greece.
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Georgopoulou
D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004777:Environment; D064091:Waste Disposal Facilities; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods*
Compensatory benefits; Contingent Valuation Method; Decision-making; Landfills; Waste management