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Between complexity and unfamiliarity: preferences for soil-based ecosystem services
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Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ
Abstract Soils provide multiple benefits for human well-being, which are largely invisible to most beneficiaries. Here, we present the results of a discrete choice experiment into the preferences of Germans for soil-based ecosystem services. To tackle complexity and unfamiliarity of soils, we express soil-ba... view more
Soils provide multiple benefits for human well-being, which are largely invisible to most beneficiaries. Here, we present the results of a discrete choice experiment into the preferences of Germans for soil-based ecosystem services. To tackle complexity and unfamiliarity of soils, we express soil-based ecosystem service attributes relative to the site-specific potential of soils to provide them. We investigate how knowledge about soils, awareness of their contributions to human well-being and experience with droughts and floods affect the preferences. We find substantial yet heterogeneous preferences for soil-based ecosystem services. Only some measures of familiarity exhibit significant effects on preferences.... view less
Classification
Ecology, Environment
Free Keywords
Agriculture; Discrete choice experiment; Ecosystem services; Nonmarket valuation; Stated preferences; Soil functions; Willingness to pay
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
City
Leipzig
Page/Pages
26 p.
Series
UFZ Discussion Papers, 3/2022
ISSN
1436-140X
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0