Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Contingent valuation method; CVM; Value'

ABSTRACT APPLICATION OF NON-MARKET ECONOMIC VALUATION METHOD TO VALUE THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IN MONETARY TERMS: A CASE STUDY IN YOZGAT PROVINCE Horasanli, Erol M.Sc., Department of Environmental Engineering Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Emre ALP December 2010, 100 pages Determining environmental economic benefits of geothermal energy is difficult since there is no market for all environmental goods and services related to it. In order to determine and measure the market price of non-market goods and services, non-market valuation methods are used. Since intangible benefits do not have monetary values, non-market valuation techniques are applied to estimate them. Non-market valuation methods are important tools for policy makers in the cost and benefit analysis and environmental impact assessment process to aid their final decision. In this study, the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) was used to determine the environmental benefits of using geothermal energy for house heating instead of fossil fuels and natural gas in Yozgat (center). The willingness to pay for geothermal energy of the Yozgat residents was determined and underlying motivations to use geothermal energy were assessed. The results showed that the mean willingness to pay (WTP) for the usage of geothermal energy in house heating to increase air quality and mitigate the effects v of climate change is $50/person/month. The results also showed that respondents know the importance of the climate changes and they believe that geothermal energy usage will affect the mitigation of climate changes positively. The geothermal energy investment in the region will amortize itself in 3 years. Therefore, in the feasibility studies, geothermal energy investment seems feasible. During the regression analyses, climate change and air pollution parameters were the most significant parameters for the calculation of mean WTP. Since, decrease in air pollution using geothermal energy, will also mitigate the effect of climate changes, during the geothermal investment in the region, training activities and campaigns should be carried to cover the issues of climate change and global warming to emphasis that geothermal energy will serve for multi-dimensional environmental problems.

Mestrado em Economia
A beleza da paisagem não deve mais ser sujeita a uma avaliação subjectiva. Uma abordagem objetiva da beleza da paisagem, para mensurar seus benefícios económicos no bem-estar do ser humano, deve ser adoptada nas políticas públicas e nos processos de tomada de decisão. No campo Económico, a beleza da paisagem é um conceito pouco desenvolvido, deixado para elaboração adicional em todas as discussões. Este estudo vai mais longe no estudo e começa enquadrando o campo económico em relação à beleza da paisagem e à definição de paisagem, a fim de melhor entender e avaliar a beleza de uma paisagem. Este estudo analisa a valoração económica da beleza da paisagem de Lagoa de Óbidos através da aplicação da abordagem direta do Método de Avaliação Contingente (MAC). Para construirmos o MAC, elaboramos um questionário que possibilitou não apenas encontrar a disposição dos consumidores de pagar, mas também atingir o Valor Económico Total da beleza da paisagem.
Landscape beauty should no longer be subjected to a subjective valuation. An objective approach of the landscape beauty, for measuring its economic benefits in human well-being should be adopted in public policies and decision-making processes. In the Economic field, landscape beauty is an undeveloped concept, left for further elaboration in every discussion. The chosen valuation framework goes further in the analysis and starts by framing the economic field regarding the landscape beauty and the definition of landscape in order to better understand and evaluate the beauty of a landscape. This study analyses the economic valuation of the beauty of Lagoa de Óbidos' landscape through the application of the direct approach of Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). To support the CVM, we have designed a questionnaire that made it possible not only to find the consumers? willingness to pay but also to achieve the Total Economic Value of landscape beauty.
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This thesis deals with a relatively new issue in the Czech Republic, which is valuing cultural organizations. The general framework for the valuation of non-profit cultural organization is analysed in the theoretical part. It includes a discussion of the importance of culture for society, the characteristics of non-profit organizations and subsequently defining the potential value of the concept of cultural organizations, reasons and methods for valuation of such organizations. Special focus is paid to the transformation of the Prague theater net. The aim of the practical part is to determine the approximate value which the czech society would lose, if the prague theatre Činoherní klub terminates its activities due to financial reasons. Contingent valuation method is applied as a procedure, which is based on detection of individual willingness to pay (WTP) or willingness to accept compensation (WTA), through a questionnaire survey. There is also a determination of the status of the valued theater at the Prague theater market in the practical part.

This master's thesis focuses on the valuation of the Municipal Library in Prague, the cultural institution allowances organization. Its aim is to estimate the value up for the date of 31th October 2013 for the purpose of its founder, Prague - the capital city, and to compare the measured value with the level of annual non-capital contribution for the Municipal Library from its founder. The valuation was performed by using the contingent valuation method, which is based on random sample of the questionnaire survey respondents who express their preferences. They are gradually guided to be able to provide the maximum price that they would be willing to pay for use of services and to be able to work out what financial compensation they would be willing to accept for the decrease in their quality life. The starting point of this thesis is to determine the prognosis of the number of registered readers, borrowings, economy of the Municipal Library, its market position and other requisites. This thesis is one of the few which contains valuation in the cultural sector in the Czech Republic.

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This study evaluates the spontaneous Willingness to Pay (WTP) of a proportion of the Goiania II and Sao Judas Tadeu Goiânia residents in order to reduce or eliminate the air pollution, supposedly generated by Goiania II ETE (Sewage Treatment System) and Unilever, which could result in improved quality of life for those who live nearby. The goal of the research was to put a price on environmental pollution, so it was decided to use the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM), as this is most frequently recommended and used when analyzing individual consumer preference in relation to the environmental goods or services at their disposal. As a field research technique, questionnaires were given to a sample of this population, with the aim of evaluating the interviewees conceptions in relation to the environmental issues exacerbated by the Goiania II ETE and Unilever. In order to justify and tabulate the answers found in the questionnaires, the SPSS statistical program was used for regression analyses. Spontaneous WTP was considered the dependent variable while the independent variables included income, education level, occupation, etc.. By means of the field research, it could be affirmed from the majority of interviewees responses that the problem of air pollution, from their conception, is associated in particular with the industries of the region. They further highlight that Government at all levels (local, state and federal) is negligent in terms of the environmental issues which affect the residents. It was concluded that the vast majority of respondents is not willing to pay to reduce or eliminate the existing air pollution that they have to put up with, allegedly for economic reasons. Respondents warn that the Goiania II ETE and Unilever need to improve collective sewage treatment and put environmental policies in place.
Esta pesquisa avalia a Disposição a Pagar (DAP) espontânea de um percentual dos habitantes dos setores Goiânia II e São Judas Tadeu de Goiânia, para diminuir ou desaparecer com o problema da poluição do ar gerado supostamente pela ETE Goiânia II e Unilever, o que poderá resultar na melhoria da qualidade de vida dos habitantes que vivem nas proximidades dessas empresas. O objetivo da pesquisa é, valorar a poluição ambiental, por isso, decidiu-se pelo Método de Valoração Contingente (MVC), devido ser o mais recomendado e utilizado para analisar a preferência individual dos consumidores em relação aos bens ou serviços ambientais disponibilizados a eles. A técnica utilizada na pesquisa de campo foi o uso de questionários a uma amostra dessa população, tendo como intuito, avaliar a concepção dos entrevistados em relação à questão ambiental agravada pela ETE Goiânia II e Unilever. Para justificar e tabular as respostas encontradas nos questionários foi utilizado o programa estatístico SPSS fazendo a análise de regressão. Considerou-se como variável dependente a Disposição a Pagar (DAP), e como variáveis independentes, a renda, o nível de escolaridade, profissão, etc. Pela pesquisa de campo, pôde-se afirmar através da maioria dos pesquisados, que o problema do ar poluído, nas suas concepções, está associado em especial às indústrias da região. Destacam ainda que, o Poder Público em todas as esferas (municipal, estadual e federal), são omissos no que diz respeito aos problemas ambientais que os afetam. Conclui-se ainda que, a grande maioria dos pesquisados, não estão dispostos a pagar uma taxa para diminuir ou desaparecer com a poluição do ar existente e que os atingem, alegando sobretudo, fatores econômicos. Os pesquisados alertam que, a ETE Goiânia II e a Unilever precisam fazer um tratamento melhor do esgoto coletivo e apliquem em políticas ambientais.

The main purpose of the diploma thesis is to determine the willingness of people visiting the Eastern Slovak dam Ružín to pay for improving water quality, namely for the environmental good. Willingness to pay is determined by questionnaire investigation the contingent valuation method. Dam is a public good, which has no owner. We all use it without someone to care for it. This use is not positive, but negative in terms of pollution, clogging of toxic sediments. The theoretical part is devoted to construction and the need to build dam as well as environmental problems, which occur at the dam. This is related to the problem of public good and "the tragedy of the commons." There are the contingent valuation method and development of the questionnaire described at the end of theoretical part. The practical part consists of the evaluation questionnaire investigation and the linear regression model in terms of the parameters under which they were created identifiers variables and point estimates. Finally, it is converted by statistical analysis of the impact of variables on the amount that people are willing to pay.

Ziel dieser Arbeit ist die Ermittlung des ökonomischen Wertes einer Öffentlichen Bibliothek in einer deutschen Mittelstadt. Dabei werden die Wertschätzung beeinflussende Faktoren identifiziert und die Einschätzungen der Bevölkerung (Bibliotheksnutzer und Nicht-Nutzer) mit der der politischen und administrativen Vertreter kontrastiert. Im theoretischen Teil wird der Forschungsstand zur Wert- und Wirkungsmessung dargelegt und in den Kontext der wirkungsorientierten Verwaltungsführung gestellt. Außerdem wird das Konzept der Lebensstile erläutert. Im empirischen Hauptteil wird eine schriftliche Befragung zur ökonomischen Wertschätzung der Stadtbibliothek Melle ausgewertet. Zwei parallele Umfragen richteten sich zum einen an Einwohner der Stadt Melle und zum anderen an politische und administrative Vertreter. Neben der ökonomischen Wertzumessung, ausgedrückt als Zahlungsbereitschaft (Anwendung der Kontingenten Bewertungsmethode), stehen die Aspekte Lebensstil-Typen nach Gunnar Otte, Bibliotheksnutzung, sowie die Stellung im Familien-/Lebenszyklus als beeinflussende Faktoren im Mittelpunkt der Auswertung. Die geäußerten Zahlungsbereitschaften der Bevölkerung und der Politiker werden verglichen. Es wird eine Relation von Zahlungsbereitschaft zu „Ergebnis je Einwohner“ (finanzbuchhalterische Kennzahl) als Indikator für die Wertschätzung gebildet.
The aim of this study is to determine the economic value of a public library in a medium-sized town in Germany. The factors influencing the value must first be identified and the population’s (both library users and non-users) appreciation must be compared with those of their political and administrative representatives. In the theoretical section of this study the current state of research in value and impact assessment will be explained and presented within the context of impact-oriented administration (New Public Management). The concept of lifestyles will also be explained. The main, empirical section of the study concentrates on the assessment of a written questionnaire (mail survey) on the economic value of the Melle Public Library. Two parallel questionnaires were conducted; one for the population of the city of Melle and one for their political and administrative agents. In addition to the economic rating of the library, expressed as willingness-to-pay (under application of the contingent valuation method) at the core of the assessment, the analysis focuses on the aspects of lifestyle types according to Gunnar Otte, library use and position within the family or life cycle as influencing factors. The expressed willingness-to-pay of the population will be directly compared with that of the politicians. A ratio of willingness-to-pay and the result-per-resident (an economic value) will be generated and thereby an indicator of value determined.

碩士
國立新竹教育大學
社會學習領域教學碩士班
101
To developing tourism industries and enhancing international visibility and competitiveness of the city, the Hsinchu City Government bid on Taiwan pavilion shown at Expo 2010 Shanghai and won with a bid of NT$458.88 million.The expection of the building was to impoving economic benefits for Hsinchu City. The benefits brought by the development of tourism cannot be quantified and have to be evaluated by nonmarket valuation method. A Contingent Valuation Method(CVM) was used to estimate respondents’ willingness to pay(WTP) and thus evaluates the benefits of Taiwan Pavilion Expo in Hsinchu City and also analyzes the factors that affect the WTP. This study investigates the economic value of Hsinchu City Taiwan Pavilion, including the use value and non-use value. The use value includes recreational function, cultural and educational function, architectural aesthetics, and landscape pleasures. The non-use value includes the option value, existence value, and bequest value. Taiwan Pavilion has the functions of building the city’s reputation, becoming a spiritual icon, obtaining the residents’ recognition, and providing civic pride. These are the benefits brought by the non-use value of Taiwan Pavilion. This study first created a hypothetical scenario. With virtual management funds subsidized by the public, the study used the payment card method to induce people to pay and inquired the prices that the respondents are willing to pay. We formulated the WTP function by using respondents’ WTP as the dependent variable and the factors that affect the WTP as the independent variables. This study used the software LIMDEP 9.0 to process the evaluation of multiple regression model and found that the average price that Hsinchu City residents’ WTP is NT$367.702 per year. The factors that affect the willingness to pay are: the degree to which civic pride is recognized, the degree to which the bequest value is recognized, the number of visits, the expected number of visits in the coming year, the educational level, whether visitors are professionals, and whether residents with children under 14 years old. The relocating of Taiwan Pavilion in Hsinchu City is to promote tourism and create an international tourist attraction, hoping to attract more tourists to Hsinchu City for recreational activities. We suggest that Hsinchu City Government should market and publicize Hsinchu City and Taiwan Pavilion, and should well plan and enrich the content of Taiwan Pavilion to highlight Taiwan Pavilion’s uniqueness and representativeness.

碩士
國立雲林科技大學
休閒運動研究所碩士班
95
Sun-link-sea was one of the ten forest recreation areas in Taiwan, and it was the only forest recreation area ran by the local people. The most important property of Sun-link-sea forest recreation area was natural resources and the scene, but how to estimate the value was what dealers care about. To realize the practical economic value, the study estimated the value of natural resource by contingent valuation method and made it quantified. It evaluated the willingness to pay for Sun-link-sea and its economic value. It took convenient sampling method to get 450 samples between February and April 2007. The data was analyzed by descriptive Statistics, t-test, ANOVA, factor analysis, cluster analysis and regression analysis. The results were as follow： 1. Travelers were more satisfied in body and mental benefit and the following were education and aesthetic benefit and social benefit. 2. Travelers who were married, more people in their family, attended forest activities regularly or approved to hold forest activities had much willingness to pay special foundation. In other words, these factors do affect the leisure benefits of forest. 3. Without paying the entrance tickets, the mean willingness to pay of the travelers were 1,431 NT. dollars. The travelers of Sun-link-sea were 496,912 in 2006 and the total economic value was 711,081,072 NT. dollars. 4. Through comparison on the interview and the study result, it found that it was different between interview with manager of Sun-link-sea and the study result. As a result the study presented suggestions for them.

碩士
國立中山大學
公共事務管理研究所
95
Within these years, in order to effectively arrange the limited resource that the government has owned and been able to allocate, a detailed financial plan and a well-structured evaluation system for any project is essential. Normally the most research topics issued are related to the economic effect of natural resources. In Taiwan, the article about analyzing the economic effect about the tour schemes proposed for the development of National Scenic Area is few and only at the beginning stage and the cause mainly is because of the common property of such schemes, i.e. the involvement of different departments needed. At this situation, effected by the different control froces from a varity of government departments and varied industry structures and developing progress in different areas, it is difficult to clarify and analyze the achievement for each department. Owing to this character, the economic effect related to such development schemes is difficult to conclude and it is even harder to evaluate whether or not the economic benefit is definitely resulted from the improving projects. The research topic is going to comprehend the economic effect caused by the medium-range scheme launched by National Scenic Areas, then is able to propose some feasible items to evaluate the economic effect and collect the figures the Cost-Efficiency Evaluation relaed to the effect. As to the intangible benefit, it is assessed by the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). The study takes the case of Penghu National Scenic Area to predict the economic effect between 2008 to 2011. From the research, it shows that the figure of Willing To Pay (WPA) among the tourists already visited the Penghu National Scenic Area is NT$6,943 and within 2008 and 2011, after the development implemented, the amount is going to raise to NT$9,638. Based on this raise, the economic revenue would be NT$415,691,000 caculated from the Prediction equation in 2008, NT$428,984,000 in 2009, NT$442,397,000 in 2010 and NT$ 455,933,000 in 2011. Within 10 year of available analytic fixed number of years, the 4-year Net Present Value（NPV） （valuta of 2008 year ） will be NT$1,766,586,000 based on the discount rate at 2% and the 4 year Benefit-Cost Ratio, B/C ratio is 3.05>1. From this result, the 2008-2011 development plan itself has demostrated its economic feasibility.

碩士
中華大學
建築與都市計畫學系碩士班
91
According to the spreading of ecological protection, people are more and more concerned of the environment in term of travel and also develop the traveling activity combining natural conservation and leisure — ecotourism. Major natural landscape areas are mainly concentrated among the city edges where are classified as environmental sensitive areas, such as wetland, water area and animal protection area. The development activities have seriously destroyed the environment and create negative effect. This research is focused on the benefits of ecotourism the coast of Hsin-Chu. The paper classified the environmental benefit area divided into use value and non-use value. use value are divided into tourist value, search value and landscape value. Non-use value are as Intrinsic Value, Option Value and Bequeath value. According to Hsin-Chu citizens’s understanding of the coast development, the paper uses Contingent Valuation Method to evaluate its economic benefits value. The research then finds the results of following: 1.Hsin-Chu citizens’s understanding of ecotourism According to the analysis of four benefits mentioned above, it is found that the citizens have reached a certain degree of understanding. Therefore the higher degree of understanding indicates the greater interest of participation. 2.Results of economic benefits valuation The tourist value analysis shows 459.321 NT dollars worth the development of ecotourism on the coast of Hsin-Chu; 306.903 NT dollars worth for research value; 937.780 NT dollars worth for the landscape value. On the non-use value side, Intrinsic Value are -2842.92 NT dollars; Option Value are 849.245 NT dollars; and Bequeath value are 1771.900 NT dollars. Among all utilized benefits, the landscape benefits has the best value whilst on the non-use value, Bequeath value has the best value. Intrinsic Value appears to be negative because of lack of ecotourism information. 3.Initiated development strategies  Establish common ecotourism information: interviewees do not sufficiently understand the various ecological resources. People merely go there and appreciate the scenery. It is suggested to build a information system.  Establish a maintaining and management system for ecotourism: adopt “user-pay” concept and restriction policy in controlling the number of tourists.

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This paper considers recent field evidence to analyse what online public services citizens need, explores potential citizen subsidy of these specific services and investigates where resources should be invested in terms of media accessibility. We explore these from a citizen-centric affordability perspective within three ‘exemplar’ developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The World Bank and United Nations in particular promote initiatives under the ‘Information and Communication Technologies for Development’ (ICT4D) to stress the relevance of e-Government as a way to ensure development and reduce poverty. We adopt a ‘Contingency Value’ method to conceptually outline reported citizens willingness to pay for digital public services. Hence, our focus is mainly upon an empirical investigation through extensive fieldwork in the context of sub-Sahara Africa. A substantive survey was conducted in the respective cities of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Lagos (Nigeria) and Johannesburg (South Africa). The sample of citizens was drawn from each respective Chamber of Commerce database for Ethiopia and South Africa, and for Nigeria a purchased database of businesses, based on stratified random sampling. These were randomly identified from both sectors ensuring all locations were covered with a total sample size of 1,297 respondents. It was found, in particular, that citizens were willing to pay to be able to access digital public services and that amounts of fees they were willing to pay varied depending on what services they wish to access and what devices they use (PCs or mobile phones).
European Investment Bank under the EIB-Universities Research Action Programme

碩士
逢甲大學
都市計畫與空間資訊學系
107
In recent years, agricultural land has often been converted for industrial and residential purposes, which is directly related to the decrease in agricultural production value. However, with the promulgation of the concept of sustainable development, multi-functionality in agriculture is gradually drawing more and more attention. It is believed that in addition to producing grain and fiber, agriculture can be applied to landscaping and is beneficial for ecology, biodiversity and maintaining national food security. The conversion of agricultural land is an irreversible process and therefore requires more careful assessments. This study looks at the agricultural land in the Wuri Xinan area in Taichung and assesses the impact of unregistered factories on the non-market values of agricultural land. In order to understand the non-market values of the land, a questionnaire was used to understand the local residents’ perception and how much they were willing to pay for them. The result of the survey shows that as a whole, the local residents attach considerable importance to the non-market values of multi-functionality and regard food security as the most important out of all the functions of agricultural land. In terms of what they are willing to pay for, the first thing would be the reduction of the risks from natural hazards, followed by food security. Both factors show that the locals are more willing to pay for functions that are more relevant to life. In regard to the impact that unregistered factories have on the non-market values of agricultural land, most local residents agreed that unregistered factories would have a negative impact on the value of agricultural land and “being destructive to the ecosystem” was elected with 87.86% of the vote as the top factor that is going to affect the value of land negatively. More than half of the residents are unwilling to accept any compensation, which shows a clear NIMBY reaction caused by unregistered factories. When it comes to the factors that make the locals most willing to pay for the land, bequest value comes out on top, which shows many of our survey subjects would take their offspring into consideration. Having been a part of any pro-environment group or being aware of environmental issues can also influence one’s willingness and how much they would pay for the non-market values of multi-functionality.

This thesis explores the theoretical basis of non-market valuation techniques; discusses in detail, the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) and the Travel Cost Method (TCM); highlights the advantages and disadvantages of various non-market valuation techniques and their suitability under different conditions; and identifies the Contingent Valuation Method as the most appropriate non-market valuation technique to apply to Pekapeka Swamp, the case study site. The overall objective of the study is to apply the most appropriate non-market valuation technique to estimate the total economic value (TEV) of the restoration and preservation of Pekapeka Swamp and to test Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s (HBRC) restoration programme for the Pekapeka Swamp using economic efficiency criteria. An appropriate contingent valuation mail survey questionnaire was designed to elicit responses to the dichotomous choice (DC) and open-ended valuation questions, and to collect socio-economic data and information on households’ attitude towards the environment. Responses to the survey questionnaire were analysed (using ordinary least squares regression for the open ended question, and logistic regression, for the DC question) to identify the factors that influence households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for the restoration and preservation of the Pekapeka Swamp and to estimate TEV. A number of functional forms of the logit and open-ended WTP models were fitted from which WTP functions were estimated. Households were asked a DC question followed by an open-ended question regarding the value they placed on the restoration and preservation of Pekapeka Swamp. Out of an initial mail-out of 958 questionnaires, an overall response rate of 46.13% was achieved after two follow-ups. Results from the final usable sample of 231, after removing protests and inconsistent responses, indicate that households in the Hawke’s Bay region would pay, on average, between NZ$30.00 and NZ$76.89 per annum for five years. Unit value ranges between NZ$17,898 and NZ$45,866 per hectare per year; and net present values for the restoration and preservation programme for Pekapeka Swamp based on our ‘best estimates’ range between NZ$5.05 million and NZ$18.20 million depending on the model and discount rate used.

Τις τελευταίες δεκαετίες, υπό το πρίσμα της βιώσιμης ανάπτυξης, παρατηρείται μια στροφή προς τις Ανανεώσιμες Πηγές Ενέργειας (ΑΠΕ) και ταυτόχρονη μείωση της χρήσης συμβατικών καυσίμων, ως διέξοδο στην αντιμετώπιση των περιβαλλοντικών προβλημάτων όπως της κλιματικής αλλαγής. Η αποτίμηση, σε νομισματικούς όρους, της διείσδυσης των ΑΠΕ στο ενεργειακό μίγμα, πραγματοποιείται μέσα από τεχνικές μη αγοραίας εκτίμησης. Ο κύριος σκοπός της παρούσας διδακτορικής διατριβής είναι η αποτύπωση σε νομισματικές μονάδες, της προθυμίας πληρωμής των νοικοκυριών για καταβολή επιπρόσθετου χρηματικού ποσού για την υλοποίηση επενδύσεων με σκοπό την παραγωγή ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας από ΑΠΕ. Ιδιαίτερα, είναι η εξέταση της συσχέτισης των κοινωνικοοικονομικών χαρακτηριστικών, της ενεργειακής συμπεριφοράς και της κοινωνικής αποδοχής της τοπικής κοινωνίας για έργα εκμετάλλευσης ΑΠΕ, με την επιθυμία οικονομικής συνεισφοράς για την παραγωγή ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας προερχόμενης από ΑΠΕ αλλά και με την πραγματική καταβολή χρηματικού ποσού στο δίμηνο λογαριασμό της ΔΕΗ, μέσα από τεχνικές μη αγοραίας εκτίμησης. Η ενεργειακή συμπεριφορά και η προθυμία πληρωμής, εξετάζεται με τη μέθοδο της υποθετικής ή εξαρτημένης αξιολόγησης που εφαρμόζεται στη παρούσα διατριβή εκτιμώντας σε ένα υποθετικό σενάριο, με χρήση ερωτηματολογίου, εκφρασμένες προτιμήσεις του κοινού, ποσοτικοποιώντας ουσιαστικά μη νομισματικές αξίες. Το δειγματοληπτικό πλαίσιο περιορίστηκε στο νομό Αιτωλοακαρνανίας. Η τελική επιλογή των νοικοκυριών έγινε με μίξη δειγματοληψίας ευκολίας και δειγματοληψίας χιονοστιβάδας. Από τον Ιανουάριο έως τον Απρίλιο 2012, διανεμήθηκαν ερωτηματολόγια σε 280 νοικοκυριά εκ των οποίων επεστράφησαν συμπληρωμένα 201. Από την ανάλυση προκύπτει ότι είναι περισσότερο ενημερωμένοι για την ηλιακή ενέργεια και έπονται η αιολική, η βιομάζα και η υδροηλεκτρική. Επίσης, εκφράζουν θετική άποψη στο ενδεχόμενο υλοποίησης έργων εκμετάλλευσης ΑΠΕ και πιστεύουν ότι μελλοντικά θα καταλαμβάνουν μεγάλο μερίδιο στο ενεργειακό μίγμα. Το κόστος κατανάλωσης ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας για τα νοικοκυριά, υπολογίζεται περίπου στα 301-400 ευρώ ανά δίμηνο λογαριασμό της ΔΕΗ. Οι λιγότεροι από τους μισούς ερωτηθέντες είναι διατεθειμένοι να δώσουν έως 10 ευρώ επιπρόσθετα, για χρήση ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας από ΑΠΕ ενώ, υψηλό ποσοστό ερωτηθέντων εμφανίζεται μη διατεθειμένο να πληρώσει επιπρόσθετα λόγω έλλειψης χρημάτων. Παράλληλα, μια μερίδα είναι διατεθειμένη να προχωρήσει σε μείωση των εξόδων της κυρίως στο τομέα της ψυχαγωγίας, ώστε να εξοικονομήσει χρήματα για να επωμιστεί το επιπρόσθετο κόστος. Εξήχθησαν κύριες συνιστώσες από ομοειδείς ομάδες μεταβλητών όπως η ενημέρωση του κοινού για τις επιμέρους μορφές ΑΠΕ, ο μελλοντικός ρόλος των διαφόρων μορφών στο ενεργειακό μίγμα, οι συνέπειες επενδύσεων με χρήση ΑΠΕ, τα ενδεχόμενα εμπόδια κατά την υλοποίηση, τα μέτρα επίλυσης τους. Από την ανάλυση συστάδων διαπιστώνεται ότι το κοινό ομαδοποιείται σε δύο συστάδες. Το δείγμα που ανήκει στη πρώτη συστάδα είναι μεγαλύτερης ηλικίας, όχι τόσο μορφωμένο και οικονομικά ασθενέστερο. Το δείγμα της δεύτερης συστάδας είναι νεαρής ηλικίας, πιο μορφωμένο και οικονομικά πιο ισχυρό. Μετά από πολλαπλή παλινδρόμηση η συμμετοχή σε συστάδα δεν αποτέλεσε στατιστικά σημαντική μεταβλητή. Το μοντέλο παλινδρόμησης της προθυμίας πληρωμής έδειξε ότι παράμετροι όπως της ηλικίας, του αριθμού των μελών της οικογένειας και της κύριας συνιστώσας που αφορά στην ενημέρωση του κοινού ως προς τις επιμέρους μορφές ενέργειας ήταν σημαντικές. Παρατηρείται ότι όσο αυξάνεται ο αριθμός των μελών της οικογένειας, η ηλικία καθώς και η ενημέρωσή σε συγκεκριμένες μορφές ΑΠΕ, τόσο μεγαλύτερη είναι η κατά μέσο όρο καταβολή χρηματικού ποσού στο δίμηνο λογαριασμό της ΔΕΗ και τόσο αυξάνεται και η προθυμία τους για πληρωμή επιπρόσθετου ποσού για παραγωγή ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας που βασίζεται σε ΑΠΕ. Επιπρόσθετα, όσο αφορά στο κατά μέσο όρο εισόδημα των νοικοκυριών έχει μικρή θετική επίδραση ως προς τη πληρωμή του λογαριασμού της ΔΕΗ και πολύ αρνητική ως προς την προθυμία επιπρόσθετου χρηματικού ποσού. Τέλος, η συμμετοχή σε περιβαλλοντικές δράσεις εμφανίζει μικρή θετική επίδραση για πληρωμή στο λογαριασμό της ΔΕΗ αλλά αρνητική στη προθυμία πληρωμής. Το κοινό υποστηρίζει πως η ύπαρξη επενδύσεων ΑΠΕ θα έχει σε γενικές γραμμές, θετικές συνέπειες στην ευρύτερη περιοχή και πως η τοπική κοινωνία θα έχει θετική στάση αν ξεπεραστούν τα εμπόδια και ληφθούν συγκεκριμένα μέτρα όπως οικονομικά κίνητρα. Τα αποτελέσματα των μοντέλων πολλαπλής παλινδρόμησης συγκρίθηκαν και με ανάλυση κανονικοποιημένης συσχέτισης. Για περαιτέρω διερεύνηση προτείνεται η εξέταση άλλων υποθετικών σεναρίων και άλλων μορφών πληρωμής.
In the last decades, under the spectrum of sustainable development, a turn to the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) is observed and parallel reduction of the use of conventional fuels, as a way out to the confrontation of environmental problems such as climate change. The evaluation, in economic terms, of the penetration of RES in the energy mix, is realized through techniques of non market valuation. The main purpose of the present research is the evaluation in economic units of households Willingness to Pay (WTP) to deposit an additional amount of money to make investments in order to produce electric power from RES. Especially, it is the examination of correlation of socioeconomics characteristics, energy behavior and social acceptance of the local community for projects using renewable energy, with the willingness of economic contribution for the electricity production deriving from RES but also with the real deposit amount of money to a bi-monthly electricity bill, through techniques of non market valuation. The energy behavior and the WTP are examined by Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) which is applied in the present, appreciating a hypothetical scenario, with the use of a questionnaire, expressed preferences of the public, giving quantity essentially to non market values. The target framework is limited in the Aitoloakarnania County. The final choice of the households was made by a mix of convenience sampling and snowball sampling. From January until April 2012, were distributed questionnaires to 280 households from which 201 were returned completed. From the analysis is inferred that it is more informative about the solar energy and wind, biomass and hydroelectric follow. It is also expressed positive view in case of making projects of exploitation RES and believed that in the future they will occupy a great share in the energy mix. The cost of consumption of electric power for households is estimated about €301-400 per a bi-monthly electricity bill. Fewer than half of the respondents are available to pay €10 more, for the electric power from RES, whereas a high percentage appears not to be available to pay more because of lack of money. At the same time, a group of consumers is available to have a reduction in the expenses in the sector of entertainment in order to save money for facing the additional cost. Principal components from identical groups have been extracted such as the awareness of the public about the partial forms of RES, the future role of the different forms in the energy mix, the consequences of investments by using RES, the following obstacles during the implementation and the measures of solving them. Cluster analysis identified that the public is grouped in two clusters. The sample which belongs to the first cluster is of older age, not so educated and economically weaker. The sample of the second cluster is of a younger age, more educated and financially more powerful. It is noted that after a multiple regression analysis, the participation in cluster did not constitute statistically important variable. The model of regression of WTP showed that parameters such as age, family members and the principal component which concerns the public awareness as concerning the partial forms of energy were important. It is obvious that as the number of family members is increasing, the age as well as the awareness in specific forms of RES, so grater is the average deposit of the amount of money in the bi-monthly electricity bill and the WTP is increasing in order to pay the additional amount for the production of electric power which is based on RES. In additional, the average income of the households has a small positive influence in regard with the payment of the electricity bill and very negative as concerning the willingness of additional amount of money. The public supports that the existence of RES investments will have generally positive consequences in the broad area that the local society will have positive stance if some obstacles are overcome and take certain measures such as financial motives. Finally, the results of multiple regression models were compared with the canonical correlation analysis. For further research is proposed the examination of other hypothetical scenarios and of other forms of payment.

Abstract in English, Tsonga and Zulu
Mitlumbo ya mifambafambo ya le magondzweni i xin’wana xa miringeto (risks) yo biha ku tlula hinkwayo ya swifambo swa le gondzweni emisaveni hinkwayo, leswi yimelaka xiphiqo lexikulu xa swohanyaswin’we-ikhonomi ngopfu-ngopfu eka matiko lama ya ha hluvukaka tanihi Afrika-Dzonga. Ku va ku nyikiwa masungulo yo tiya ya xiikhonomi eka swiboho swa mbekiso ku tirhana na ntlhontlho lowu, i swa nkoka swinene ku hlela ndhurho wa mitlumbo leyi. Mipimanyeto leyi yi tirha tanihi nxopaxopo wa swinghenisiwa swa mbuyelo wa ndhurheriwo ku endlela ku kuma mphakelo wa switirhisiwa wo tirha kahle eka ku nghenelela eka ku tirhana na mitlhontlho leyi vangiwaka hi mitlumbano ya le magondzweni. Tiko ra Afrika-Dzonga a ri nga ri ku pfuxeteni ka mahungu ya mipimanyeto ya midurho ya mitlumbano ya le magondzweni nkarhi na nkarhi, naswona leyi a yi endliwa a yi tirhisa maendlelo lamo soriwa ngopfu yo languta nkoka wa vanhu (human capital). Hikwalaho, mipimanyeto leyi nga kona a yi nga ta va leyi tshembekaka eka ku kunguhata na ku pimaniseka na mipimanyeto ya matiko man’wana. Hi le ka ku landzelela vundzhaku lebyi laha dyondzo leyi yi nga tumbuluka na ku kombisa matirhiselo ya rimba ra ntirho wo katsa (hybrid) ku kambela ndhurho wa mitlumbo ya swifambo swa le magondzweni eAfrika-Dzonga. Rimba leri ri tirhisa endlelo ro kongomisa eka nkoka wa vanhu na ku pfumela ku hakela (willingness-to-pay), eka dyondzo yi ri yin’we. Mipimanyeto ya midurho ya nkoka wa vanhu ya laveka ku va yi pfuna eka ku kunguhata leswaku yi tlakusa swinenenene swihumesiwa swa rixaka, loko hala tlhelo mipimanyeto yo pfumela ku hakela yona yi ri yona yi fanelaka swinene eka ku pfuneta minghenelelo yo tlakusa nhlayiseko wa vanhu hi ku hunguta ku vaviseka na ku fa. Endlelo ro pfumela ku hakela ri tirhisa maendlelo ya swo ka swi nga ri swa makete (contingent valuation) na ya maendlelo yo langa (preference). Khwexinere yo valanga leyi a yi ri na maendlelo yo ka ya nga ri ya swa makete na swilangiwa leswi a swi boxiwile, yi tirhisiwile hi magoza mambirhi ku sampula vaanguri va 273 eka ntirho wa swo tleketla. Eka mhaka ya endlelo ro kongomisa eka nkoka wa vanhu, mipimanyeto ya ndhurho eka xiviko xa 2016 xa Cost of Crashes in South Africa yi hundzuluxiwile hi ku katsa inifulexini, ku tirhisiwa mpimo wa 2017 wa 5.3% ku kuma mipimanyeto ya ndhurho ya 2017. Dyondzo leyi yi paluxile leswaku endlelo ro kongomisa eka nkoka wa vanhu ri kayiveta ku vona ndhurho wa mitlumbo ya le magondzweni. Dyondzo leyi yi hoxa xandla eka ntsengo wa vutivi hi ku tirhisa endlelo ro languta nkoka wa vanhu na endlelo ro pfumela ku hakela eka dyondzo yi ri yin’we ku kombisa ntirhiseko wa endlelo leri ra nkatso (hybrid)/nhlanganiso eka xiyimo xa Afrika-Dzonga. Ndzavisiso wa nkarhi lowu taka wu fanele ku engeta dyondzo leyi hi sampulu leyi humaka eka swifundzakulu hinkwaswo swa nkaye swa Afrika-Dzonga, leswaku mipimanyeto ya ndhurho yi yimela vanhu va tiko hinkwaro.
Road traffic crashes are one of the worst risks of road mobility worldwide, representing a huge socio-economic problem particularly in developing countries such as South Africa. In order to provide a sound economic basis for investment decisions to address this challenge, it is critical to assess the cost of these crashes. These estimates serve cost-benefit analysis inputs to facilitate a more efficient resources allocation for interventions to address the challenge posed by road crashes. South Africa has not been updating crash cost estimates on a regular basis, and those that were conducted used the much criticised human capital approach. Therefore, the available estimates could not be relied upon for planning purposes and comparison with the estimates of other countries. It is against this background that this study developed and illustrated the application of a hybrid framework for assessing the cost of road traffic crashes in South Africa. The framework uses the human capital approach and the willingness-to-pay approach in one study. Human capital approach cost estimates are needed to inform planning to maximize the national output, while the willingness-to-pay estimates are more suitable when the main concern is to inform interventions to increase social welfare by reducing injuries and fatalities. The willingness-to-pay approach uses the contingent valuation and the stated preference methods. A survey questionnaire with contingent valuation and stated preference questions was administered in two phases to a sample of 273 respondents within the transport industry. For the human capital approach, the cost estimates in the 2016 Cost of Crashes in South Africa report were adjusted for inflation using the 2017 rate of 5.3% to obtain 2017 cost estimates. This study revealed that the human capital approach underestimates the cost of road crashes. The study contributes to the body of knowledge by using the human capital approach and the willingness-to-pay approach in one study to illustrate the applicability of this hybrid/ combination within the South African context. Future research needs to replicate this study on a sample drawn from all nine provinces of South Africa, so that the cost estimates are representative of the country’s population.
Ukuphazamiseka komgwaqo kungenye yezingozi ezimbi kakhulu zokuhamba komgwaqo emhlabeni jikelele, ezimele inkinga enkulu yenhlalo nezomnotho ikakhulukazi emazweni asathuthuka njengeNingizimu Afrika. Ukuze unikeze isisekelo sezomnotho esizwakalayo ezinqumeni zokutshala izimali ukubhekana nale nselele, kubalulekile ukuhlola izindleko zalezi zingozi. Lezi zilinganiso zisebenza njengeziphakamiso zokuhlaziywa kwezindleko zokuhlomula ukuze kube lula ukunikezwa kwezinsiza ezenzelwe ukuxazulula inselele ebangelwa ukuphazamiseka komgwaqo. INingizimu Afrika ayizange ibuyekeze ukulinganisa izindleko zezingozi njalo, futhi lezo ezenziwa zisebenzise indlela enkulu yokugxeka ukusebenzisa abantu. Ngakho-ke, izilinganiso ezitholakalayo azikwazanga ukuthenjelwa kuzona ngezinjongo zokuhlela nokuqhathaniswa nezilinganiso zamanye amazwe. Lokhu kuphikisana nalesi sigaba ukuthi lolu cwaningo lusungulwe futhi luboniswe ukusetshenziswa kohlaka oluxubile lokuhlola izindleko zokuphazamiseka komgwaqo eNingizimu Afrika. Uhlaka lusebenzisa indlela yokusebenzisa abantu kanye nendlela yokuzimisela-ukukhokha ocwaningweni olulodwa. Ukulinganiselwa kwezindleko zokusebenzisa abantu kuyadingeka ukuze kwaziswe ukuhlela ukwandisa umkhiqizo kazwelonke, kanti ukulinganiselwa kokuzimisela-ukukhokhela kukulungele kakhulu ukwazisa ukungenelela ukwandisa inhlalakahle yomphakathi ngokunciphisa ukulimala nokubulawa kwabantu. Indlela yokuzimisela-ukukhokha isebenzisa ukuhlaziywa kwesilinganiso kanye nezindlela okukhethwa ngazo. Imibuzo yokuhlola ngokuhlaziywa kwesilinganiso kanye nemibuzo ekhethwe ngayo yenziwa ngezigaba ezimbili embonakalisweni yabaphendulile abangama-273 embonini yezokuthutha. Ngokwendlela yokusebenzisa abantu, izindleko ezilinganiselwa ku-2016 Izindleko Zokushayisana eNingizimu Afrika kubikwa ukuthi zalungiselwa ukwenyuka kwamandla emali, kusetshenziswa isilinganiso sango-2017 esingu-5.3% ukuthola izindleko zango-2017. Lolu cwaningo luveze ukuthi indlela yokusebenzisa abantu ithatha kancane izindleko zokuphazamiseka komgwaqo. Ucwaningo lunomthelela emzimbeni wolwazi ngokusebenzisa indlela yokusebenzisa abantu kanye nendlela yokuzimisela-ukukhokha ocwaningweni olulodwa ukukhombisa ukufaneleka kwalesi sivumelwano / inhlanganisela ngaphakathi komongo waseNingizimu Afrika. Ucwaningo lwesikhathi esizayo ludinga ukuphindaphinda lolu cwaningo embonakalisweni othathwe kuzo zonke izifundazwe eziyisishiyagalolunye zaseNingizimu Afrika, ukuze ukulinganiswa kwezindleko kummele abantu bezwe
Business Management
D. Phil. (Management Studies)