Robert J. Johnston, Kevin Boyle, Wiktor Adamowicz, Jeff Bennett et al.
This article proposes contemporary best-practice recommendations for stated preference (SP) studies used to inform decision making, grounded in the accumulate body of peer-reviewed literature. These recommendations consider the use of SP methods to estimate both use and non-use (passive-use) values,...
Roy Brouwer, Sonia Akter, Luke Brander, Enamul Haque
In this article we investigate the complex relationship between environmental risk, poverty, and vulnerability in a case study carried out in one of the poorest and most flood-prone countries in the world, focusing on household and community vulnerability and adaptive coping mechanisms. Based upon t...
Roy Brouwer, Sonia Akter, Luke Brander, Enamul Haque
ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of a dichotomous choice contingent valuation (CV) study of reduced flood risks in Bangladesh. Sensitivity of willingness to pay (WTP) to varying risk exposure levels is tested in a ‘natural experiment’, targeting floodplain residents facing regular annual flo...
Nasreen Islam Khan, Roy Brouwer, Hong Yang
This study examines willingness to pay (WTP) in Bangladesh for arsenic (As) safe drinking water across different As-risk zones, applying a double bound discrete choice value elicitation approach. The study aims to provide a robust estimate of the benefits of As safe drinking water supply, which is c...
Roy Brouwer, Sonia Akter
The main objective of this paper is to assess demand for catastrophe insurance in one of the most flood-prone developing countries in the world and to estimate rural household willingness-to-pay for different micro insurance policies to reduce catastrophic flood risks and socio-economic vulnerabilit...
Sonia Akter, Roy Brouwer, Saria Choudhury, Salina Aziz
Roy Brouwer, Dilruba Fatima Sharmin, Susan J. Elliott, Jennifer Liu et al.
Mega-cities like Dhaka in Bangladesh face urban planning challenges to provide residents access to safe water and sanitation. This paper presents the results of a large-scale survey focusing on slum and non-slum residents' experiences with urban water supply, water pollution and flood risks and asso...
Sonia Akter, Roy Brouwer, P.J.H. van Beukering, Laura French et al.
This paper aims to contribute to the debate on the feasibility of the provision of micro flood insurance as an effective tool for spreading disaster risks in developing countries and examines the role of the institutional-organisational framework in assisting the design and implementation of such a ...
P.J.H. van Beukering, Elissaios Papyrakis, J. Bouma, Roy Brouwer
List of contributors Acknowledgements 1. The economics of ecosystem services and poverty Pieter J. H. van Beukering, Elissaios Papyrakis, Jetske Bouma and Roy Brouwer Part I. Biodiversity-related Ecosystem Services Jetske Bouma: 2. Park-people conflicts, rhino conservation and poverty alleviation in...
Sonia Akter, Roy Brouwer, Saria Chowdhury, Salina Aziz et al.
The paper presents empirical evidence of the determinants of catastrophe insurance participation in one of the poorest and most disaster prone countries in the world. In a large-scale household survey carried out in 2006 we ask 3,000 residents in six different districts in Bangladesh facing various ...
Danielle Lindamood, Derek Armitage, Dilruba Fatima Sharmin, Roy Brouwer et al.
This paper critically assesses the capacity of water sector actors in Dhaka to further support more collaborative and adaptive approaches to emerging freshwater pollution management challenges. Socio-economic, demographic and environmental changes (e.g., flooding) pose substantial and shifting barri...
Jennifer Liu, Roy Brouwer, Dilruba Fatima Sharmin, Susan J. Elliott et al.
Industry representatives are key stakeholders in addressing pollution in the rivers surrounding Dhaka, Bangladesh, a fast growing megacity. Drawing on insights from political-ecology and framing water management as a sociotechnical system, we present an analysis of in-depth interviews conducted with...
Sonia Akter, Roy Brouwer, Saria Chowdhury, Salina Aziz et al.
The main objectives of this paper are to design and test the commercial viability of the introduction of different flood insurance schemes in Bangladesh, one of the poorest and most flood struck developing countries in the world. The study presented here takes place in the context of both low supply...
Sonia Akter, Roy Brouwer, Saria Chowdhury, Salina Aziz
The aims of the study presented in this paper are to test the reliability and construct validity of inkind willingness to pay (WTP) responses obtained through a contingent valuation survey from a case study in Bangladesh. In a wide scale household survey in the north eastern wetland basin of Banglad...
A. K. Enamul Haque, Luke Brander, Roy Brouwer, Sonia Akter et al.
Flood mitigation is clearly a very important issue for Bangladesh. It is highly related to other high priority policy goals such as food security. As a result, protection against flooding has often been combined with efforts to intensify agricultural production. Most of the flood control projects in...