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Using Contingent Ranking to Estimate the Loss of Amenity Value for Inland Waterways from Public Utility Service Structures

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A contingent ranking exercise was used to estimate the amenity loss for recreational users associated with pylons, overhead cables and pipelines along canals. Over 80% of canal users were willing to pay higher utility bills to reduce the number of service structures found along canals. Aggregated across all canal users, mean annual willingness to pay for a 1% decrease in service structures was estimated to be nearly £750,000. The implications of these findings could be significant in any future negotiations between British Waterways and those companies responsible for siting pipelines and cables along canals.

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  1. Centre for Research in Environmental Appraisal and Management, Department of Agricultural Economics and Food Marketing, and Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

    Guy Garrod & Ken Willis

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Garrod, G., Willis, K. Using Contingent Ranking to Estimate the Loss of Amenity Value for Inland Waterways from Public Utility Service Structures. Environmental and Resource Economics 12, 241–247 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008290112833

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