The Economic Value of Wetlands in Urban Areas: The Benefits in a Developing Country
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Ecosystem Services
2.3. Benefit Transfer Method
2.4. Data
3. Results
3.1. Valuation
3.2. Spatial Analysis
3.3. Robustness
3.4. Legal Framework
3.5. Governance
4. Discussion
4.1. Comparison with Other Research
4.2. Convergent Validity and Transfer Error
4.3. Economic Valuation and Governance
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Group | Description * |
---|---|
Provisioning | Food Water Raw material |
Regulation and maintenance | Climate regulation ** Regulation of extreme events Water flow regulation Waste treatment |
Habitat | Maintenance of life cycle of migratory species |
Cultural | Aesthetic information Recreation and tourism Existence and legacy value |
Authors | Country | Name of Wetland | USD/ha/yr * |
---|---|---|---|
Hanafi et al. Year 2014 ° | Indonesia | Tapin District | 72,967.5 |
Midora y Anggraeni. Year 2006 ° | Indonesia | Batang Gadis National Park | 38,360.0 |
Mukherjee. Year 2008 ° | India | Kalobaur beel (oxbow lake) | 32,955.7 |
Eaton y Sarch. Year 1997 ° | Nigeria | Hadejia-Nguru wetlands | 16,077.4 |
Ibarra et al. Year 2013 ° | Mexico | Xochimilco | 13,796.4 ** |
Emerton et al. Year 1998 ° | Uganda | Nakivubo | 10,019.8 |
Kadigi et al. Year 2005 ° | Tanzania | Usangu wetland and floodplain | 6531.9 |
Nalukenge et al. Year 2009 ° | Uganda | Pallisa District wetlands | 5754.9 |
Nuva. Year 2009 ° | Indonesia | Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park | 4580.4 |
Karanja et al. Year 2001 ° | Uganda | Namatala | 3475.0 |
Pallisa District wetlands | 318.8 | ||
Kakuru et al. Year 2013 ° | Uganda | Kyoga plains | 2818.3 |
Southwestern farmlands | 2208.0 | ||
Lake Victoria crescent | 2205.5 | ||
Gerrard. Year 2004 ° | Laos | That Luang Marsh | 2662.4 |
Dayathilake et al. [23] °° | Sri Lanka | Kolonnawa wetland and Thalawatugoda wetland park | 1522.8 *** |
Hap et al. Year 2000 ° | Cambodia | Muk Kompul and Ponheur Leu Districts | 320.5 |
Barbier et al. Year 1991 ° | Nigeria | Hadejia-Nguru | 311.2 |
Sención [37] ° | Guatemala | Petexbatu’n | 244.3 |
Munasinghe. Year 1993 ° | Madagascar | Mantadia National Park | 228.9 |
Le et al. Year 2016 ° | Vietnam | Tam Dao National Park | 137.7 |
Siima et al. Year 2012 ° | Tanzania | Kilombero | 77.9 |
Turpie et al. Year 1999 ° | Mozambique | Barotse floodplain | 75.9 |
Lower Shire wetlands | 21.2 | ||
Angella et al. Year 2014 ° | Uganda | Dohu Rice Irrigation system | 52.3 |
Abila y Othina Year 2006 ° | Kenya | Yala Wetland | 51.2 |
Loth. Year 2004 ° | Cameroon | Waza Logone | 42.6 |
Kasthala et al. Year 2008 ° | Tanzania | Mtanza-Msona village wetlands | 15.2 |
Mireri et al. Year 2008 ° | Kenya | Tana River Delta | 7.5 |
Geta et al. Year 2015 ° | Ethiopia | Dechatu drainage basin | 3.9 |
Roy et al. Year 2012 ° | India | Bhomra Beel | 0.6 |
Setlhogile et al. Year 2010 ° | Botswana | Makgadikgadi wetland | 0.6 |
Manlosa et al. Year 2013 ° | Philippines | Layawan Watershed | 0.1 |
ES * | N ** | Minimum | Maximum | St. Deviation | Mean | Total ° |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USD/ha/yr ° | USD/ha/yr ° | USD/ha/yr ° | USD/ha/yr ° | Urban (33 ha) | ||
Provisioning | ||||||
Food | 24 | 0.52 | 65,000 | 13,904 | 5003 | 164,102 |
Water | 23 | 0.10 | 81,073 | 22,955 | 9261 | 303,807 |
Raw material | 25 | 1.03 | 40,692 | 8518 | 3342 | 109,636 |
Regulation and maintenance | ||||||
Climate regulation | 2 | 1066 | 3854 | 1971 | 2460 | 80,709 |
Regulation of extreme events | 1 | 0.37 | 0.37 | NA *** | 0.37 | 12 |
Water flow regulation | 3 | 4.87 | 449 | 253 | 156 | 5128 |
Waste treatment | 7 | 11 | 24,509 | 9210 | 3627 | 118,973 |
Habitat | ||||||
Maintenance of life cycle of migratory species | 2 | 348 | 33,379 | 23,356 | 16,864 | 553,195 |
Cultural | ||||||
Aesthetic information | 1 | 1.02 | 1.02 | NA *** | 1.02 | 33 |
Recreation and tourism | 4 | 5.14 | 11,593 | 5725 | 3008 | 98,684 |
Existence and legacy value | 2 | 29,019 | 29,185 | 118 | 29,102 | 954,662 |
94 | 30,457 | 289,736 | 72,825 | 2,388,942 |
ES * | N ** | Minimum | Maximum | St. Deviation | Mean | Total ° |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USD/ha/yr ° | USD/ha/yr ° | USD/ha/yr ° | USD/ha/yr ° | Peri-Urban (217 ha) | ||
Provisioning | ||||||
Food | 24 | 0.20 | 25,682 | 5494 | 1977 | 429,647 |
Water | 23 | 0.04 | 32,032 | 9069 | 3659 | 795,416 |
Raw material | 25 | 0.41 | 16,077 | 3366 | 1320 | 287,044 |
Regulation and maintenance | ||||||
Climate regulation | 2 | 421 | 1523 | 779 | 972 | 211,309 |
Regulation of extreme events | 1 | 0.15 | 0.15 | NA *** | 0.15 | 32 |
Water flow regulation | 3 | 2 | 177 | 100 | 62 | 13,425 |
Waste treatment | 7 | 4 | 9684 | 3639 | 1433 | 311,492 |
Habitat | ||||||
Maintenance of life cycle of migratory species | 2 | 138 | 13,188 | 9228 | 6663 | 1,448,356 |
Cultural | ||||||
Aesthetic information | 1 | 0.40 | 0.40 | NA *** | 0.40 | 87 |
Recreation and tourism | 4 | 2 | 4580 | 2262 | 1189 | 258,371 |
Existence and legacy value | 2 | 11,465 | 11,531 | 47 | 11,498 | 2,499,462 |
94 | 12,034 | 114,475 | 28,773 | 6,254,641 |
ES * | N ** | Minimum | Maximum | St. Deviation | Mean | Total ° |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USD/ha/yr ° | USD/ha/yr ° | USD/ha/yr ° | USD/ha/yr ° | Urban (33 ha) | ||
Provisioning | ||||||
Food | 8 | 6 | 5218 | 2101 | 2071 | 67,932 |
Water | 3 | 79 | 78,842 | 45,459 | 26,351 | 864,422 |
Raw material | 8 | 10 | 40,692 | 14,115 | 5806 | 190,451 |
Regulation and maintenance | ||||||
Climate regulation | 2 | 1066 | 3854 | 1971 | 2460 | 80,709 |
Water flow regulation | 1 | 449 | 449 | NA *** | 449 | 14,713 |
Waste treatment | 4 | 37 | 24,509 | 12,133 | 6311 | 207,022 |
Habitat | ||||||
Maintenance of life cycle of migratory species | 1 | 33,379 | 33,379 | NA *** | 33,379 | 1,094,962 |
27 | 35,026 | 186,943 | 76,827 | 2,520,211 |
ES * | N ** | Minimum | Maximum | St. Deviation | Mean | Total ° |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USD/ha/yr ° | USD/ha/yr ° | USD/ha/yr ° | USD/ha/yr ° | Peri-Urban (217 ha) | ||
Provisioning | ||||||
Food | 8 | 2 | 2062 | 830 | 818 | 177,856 |
Water | 3 | 31 | 31,151 | 17,961 | 10,411 | 2,263,199 |
Raw material | 8 | 4 | 16,077 | 5577 | 2294 | 498,633 |
Regulation and maintenance | ||||||
Climate regulation | 2 | 421 | 1523 | 779 | 972 | 211,309 |
Water flow regulation | 1 | 177 | 177 | NA *** | 177 | 38,521 |
Waste treatment | 4 | 15 | 9684 | 4794 | 2493 | 542,018 |
Habitat | ||||||
Maintenance of life cycle of migratory species | 1 | 13,188 | 13,188 | NA *** | 13,188 | 2,866,789 |
27 | 13,839 | 73,861 | 30,354 | 6,598,324 |
Authors | Country | Wetland | ha * | Method ** | Year + | USD/ha/yr ++ | ES ° | USD/ha/yr/ES ++ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Costanza et al. [11] | Global | Generic | 330,000,000 | BT | 1997 | 22,790 | 10 | 2279 |
Liu et al. [17] | New Jersey, NJ, USA | Urban | 329,608 | BT, GIS | 2004 | 11,769 | 4 | 2942 |
He et al. [52] | Quebec, Canada: Africa, North America Asia, Europe Australia | Rural and urban: Man-made, isolated, complex | NA *** | MRA, GIS | 2014 | 22,208 °° | 3 | 7403 |
Chaikumbung et al. [24] | Developing countries: Asia, Africa, Latin America, Pacific Islands | Rural and urban: Estuarine, riverine, marine, artificial, lacustrine, marshy among others | NA*** | MRA | 2002 | 2829 °° | 12 | 236 |
Ibarra et al. [45] | Mexico | Urban | 2614 | RC, MP | 2020 | 13,796 | 3 | 4599 |
This study | Cali, Colombia | Urban | 33 | BT, GIS | 2020 | 72,825 | 11 | 6620 |
This study | Cali Colombia | Peri-Urban | 217 | BT, GIS | 2020 | 28,773 | 11 | 2616 |
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Díaz-Pinzón L, Sierra L, Trillas F. The Economic Value of Wetlands in Urban Areas: The Benefits in a Developing Country. Sustainability. 2022; 14(14):8302. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148302
Chicago/Turabian StyleDíaz-Pinzón, Lida, Lya Sierra, and Francesc Trillas. 2022. "The Economic Value of Wetlands in Urban Areas: The Benefits in a Developing Country" Sustainability 14, no. 14: 8302. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148302