Non market valuation

Details from a number of valuation projects are outlined  below.  Further valuation studies are presented in the CERF - Environmental Economics Research Hub section of this web site.

2008 Water security in the Rockhampton area

This project examines the tradeoffs between restrictions on domestic outdoor water use and maintaining environmental condition in waterways.  The study was part of an international survey and examined the reliability of survey transferability for benefit transfer applications. 

Conference paper:
Windle, J., Rolfe, J. and Brouwer, R. 2009 Public values for improved water security for domestic and environmental use.  Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, 10-13^th February 2009, Cairns

2005 Assessing community values for improvements in soil, waterways and vegetation condition in different Queensland regions 

This project assesses the non market values for improved natural resopurce managment outcomes and provided the framework for the development of a benefit trasnfer databse.  The project included a 2005 replication of the Fitzroy Basin valuation survey, adding to  longitudinal information covering the years 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 (details are provided below ).

Report 1. December 2005: Jill Windle and John Rolfe 
Designing a choice modelling survey to assess community values for better NRM outcomes in Queensland 

Report 2. June 2006: Jill Windle and John Rolfe 
Non market values for improved NRM outcomes in Queensland

Conference Paper:  Windle, J and Rolfe, J. 2007, "Developing a benefit transfer database for environmental values in Queensland", paper presented at the 51st Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, 13-16 February, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2000 - 2003 Valuing Floodplain Development in the Fitzroy Basin

Funding:  The project was initially funded by the Australian Research council and the Queensland Department of Natural Resources through the Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research and Training Scheme. Queensland Department of Primary Industries and CQUniversity provided funding to continue the project in subsequent years. 
Partnerships:  CQUniversity and the Australian National University

This project has involved the use of choice modelling and the contingent valuation method to assess the environmental and social tradeoffs associated with water resource (irrigation) development in the Fitzroy Basin. The project started in 2000 and valuation surveys have been conducted on an annual basis, making it one of the few longitudinal non market valaution surveys.

Report No.1:  Rolfe, J. 2000
Valuing floodplain development in the Fitzroy Basin - project overview
Report No.2:  Loch, A. J. and Rolfe, J. C. 2000
Irrigation development in the Fitzroy Basin: Production and development tradeoffs
Research Report No.3:  Loch, A., Rolfe, J. and Windle, J. 2001
Using focus groups to design choice modelling valuation frameworks for floodplain development
Report No.4:  Rolfe, J., Loch, A. and Bennett, J. 2002
Tests of benefit transfer across sites and population in the Fitzroy Basin
Report No.5:  Loch, A., Rolfe, J. and Bennett, J. 2002
Scale effects and their importance for benefit transfer of natural resource values in the Fitzroy Basin
Report No.6:  Windle, J. and Rolfe, J. 2002
Assessing Indigenous values associated with water resources and floodplain development
Report No.7:  Rolfe, J., and Bennett, J. 2003
WTP and WTA in relation to irrigation development in the Fitzroy Basin, Queensland
Report No.8:  Rolfe, J. and Windle, J. 2003
Option values for reserve water in the Fitzroy Basin
Report No.9:  Whitten, S.  2003
Water property rights and environmental valuation in the Fitzroy Basin
Report No.10:  Windle, J. and Rolfe, J., 2004
Assessing values for estuary protection using different payment mechanisms in the choice modelling technique
Report No.11: Rolfe, J. and Bennett, J.  2004
Assessing social values for water allocation with the contingent valuation method