Environment as Cultural Heritage : The Armenian Diaspora’s Willingness to Pay to Protect Armenia’s Lake Sevan

This paper presents a study of willingness-to-pay of the Armenian Diaspora in the United States to protect Armenia's Lake Sevan, a unique and precious symbol of the Armenian cultural heritage. Dichotomous choice contingent valuation questions were asked by mail surveys to elicit respondents' willingness to pay for the protection of Lake Sevan. The results show that on average, each household of the Armenian Diaspora in the United States would be willing to provide a one-time donation of approximately US$80 to prevent a further degradation of Lake Sevan, and approximately US$280 to restore the quality of the lake by increasing its water level by 3 meters.

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Main Authors:	Laplante, Benoit, Meisner, Craig, Wang, Hua
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-02
Subjects:	ACID DEPOSITION, AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURE, ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES, ARCHEOLOGY, ART, BASIN, BENEFIT ANALYSIS, BIDDING, CHURCHES, CITIES, COMMUNITIES, CONSERVATION, CONTINGENT VALUATION, CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD, COST ANALYSIS, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES, CULTURAL HERITAGE, CULTURAL POLICY, CULTURAL RESOURCES, CULTURAL SOCIETIES, DICHOTOMOUS CHOICE, DISCHARGE, DIVERSION, DRAINAGE, ECOLOGY, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC RENTS, ECONOMICS, ECONOMISTS, ECOSYSTEM, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION, EXTERNALITIES, FISH, GRAZING, HISTORIC BUILDINGS, HOUSING, HYDROELECTRIC POWER, IMMIGRATION, INCOME, INJURIES, IRRIGATION, JOURNALS, LAKES, LIBRARIES, LIBRARY SERVICES, LITERATURE, MARSHES, MEDIA, MIDDLE EAST, MONASTERIES, MONUMENTS, MUSEUM, MUSEUMS, MUSIC, NON-USE VALUES, OPTION VALUE, PARENTS, PERCEPTIONS, POLICY RESEARCH, POWER GENERATION, PRESENT VALUE, PRESERVATION, PUBLIC GOODS, RADIO, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, REHABILITATION, RESTORATION, RIVER, RIVERS, SAVINGS, SCHOOLS, SCIENCES, SEA, SOCIAL COSTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, TOURISM, VISUAL ARTS, WATER LEVEL, WATER QUALITY, WATER USE, WATER WITHDRAWAL, WATERSHED, WETLANDS, WILLINGNESS TO PAY, WORLD HERITAGE SITES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5642282/environment-cultural-heritage-armenian-diasporas-willingness-to-pay-protect-armenias-lake-sevan https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8842
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