Open AccessEvaluación de impactos ambientales derivados de estrategias de restauración a través de las decisiones de jurados de ciudadanos
Author(s) -
Begoña Álvarez-Farizo,
José Marı́a Gil,
B.J. Howard
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
economía agraría y recursos naturales/economía agraria y recursos naturales
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2174-7350
pISSN - 1578-0732
DOI - 10.7201/earn.2005.10.02
Subject(s) - welfare economics , context (archaeology) , geography , pollutant , environmental science , environmental protection , environmental engineering , ecology , economics , biology , archaeology
Last years have brought a range of pollutant spills affecting natural, industrial, urban and rural areas. To mitigate the effects of pollutants it is necessary to adopt an integrated management of both productive and natural areas. However, to be effective, it is necessary to consider not only the health or biophysical effects of the countermeasures, but the response of the individuals to these changes. The aim of this study is on the assessment of the potential impacts, both social and environmental, derived from the implementation of restoration strategies due to spills. Our approach is based on a choice experiment applied in a context of a citizen’s jury in Cumbria (UK) and Zaragoza (Spain). The results highlight the advantages of this participatory techniques vs traditional survey.