The project aimed to develop an improved methodology for identification and weighing amenity values of spring fed rural streams and rivers potentialy affected by groundwater utilisation.
The methodology combined a Q sort survey that identified salient attributes of amenity, followed by a choice experiment that assigned relative values to the key attributes.
The project successfully derived and evaluated attributes
- Title Original : Amenity values of rural streams and rivers
- Website : http:///www.lvl.co.nz/ourresearch/agriculture/sustainablelandandwateruse.html
- Notes :
Geoffrey N. Kerr & Simon R. Swaffield (2012): Identifying Cultural Service Values of a Small River in the Agricultural Landscape of Canterbury, New Zealand, Using Combined Methods, Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal, DOI:10.1080/08941920.2012.676723
The project was partt of a larger programme of research that was developing improved decision support systems for management of ground water
- Project start : 2005
- Project end : 2007
- Contact Person : Simon Swaffield
- Funding Agency : Foundation for Research Science and Technology
- Project Partners : Lincoln Ventures Ltd; NIWA
- Project structure :
1. Literature Review
2. Social survey using Q method
3. Choice Experiment