Evaluation of environmental actions by local citizens – a choice modeling application

• Autor(a) principal: Guimarães, Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Nunes, Luis Catela, Rodrigues, Ana, Madureira, Lívia, Dentinho, Tomaz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/31642; https://doi.org/Ma Helena Guimarães; Luis Catela Nunes; Ana Rodrigues; Lívia Madureira; Tomaz Dentinho. "Evaluation of environmental actions by local citizens – a choice modeling application". Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (2021): https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2021.2002276.; https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2021.2002276

Little is known about citizens’ judgment of nature conservation actions financed by public funds. The present work contributes to this topic with empirical evidence coming from a Choice Modeling (CM) study designed in an innovative mode. Using the participatory budget format, a CM exercise elicited respondents’ choice between the allocation of public funds for nature conservation actions versus other actions (e.g. social or economic interventions). The case study comprises an EU-LIFE project managed by a Portuguese municipality. Results highlight the importance of awareness of and accessibility to environmental goods, as those that are more willing to pay use the area for leisure activities and have a greater knowledge about it. In addition, we suggest that CM can be used as a tool to uncover citizens’ preferences regarding public budget allocation which can contribute to a democratization of decision making at this level.