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Willingness to pay for urban water body recreational facilities: a case study at Diyatha Uyana

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dc.contributor.author Ratnayake, R
dc.contributor.author Wickramaarachchi, N
dc.contributor.author Wattage, P
dc.date.accessioned 2021-04-05T09:55:33Z
dc.date.available 2021-04-05T09:55:33Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/16410
dc.description.abstract Revitalization of open water bodies into recreational areas are becoming widely popular in many parts of Sri Lanka. Understanding community perception and expectation on recreational development have important policy and cost-effectiveness implications. This paper explores the public perspectives on development, conservation and value of the open water recreational development at Diyatha Uyana and surrounding area. Contingent Valuation Method has been applied to estimate peoples’ Willingness To Pay for recreational spaces in the selected area. A total of 300 residents from different socioeconomic backgrounds were selected randomly for the study. Enjoying peace and relaxation, taking children to play and breath clean air were mentioned as most important aspects of open water body areas. More frequent visits occur to enjoy peace and relaxation, breath clean air and enjoy the natural landscape. Almost all the participants were agreed upon conserving open water body areas in urban settings. Willingness to pay was significantly associated with income and occupation status. It yielded a monthly average payment of Rs.446.93 per household for another five years’ time. The limited budget was the main reason for not willing to pay. This paper is significant as there is no contingent valuation method study has been carried on water body development in Sri Lanka. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Contingent Valuation Method en_US
dc.subject Open water body development en_US
dc.subject Valuation of Ecosystem en_US
dc.subject Willingness to pay en_US
dc.title Willingness to pay for urban water body recreational facilities: a case study at Diyatha Uyana en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.year 2017 en_US
dc.identifier.conference “Design that cares” multi disciplinary approaches to creating sustainable and meaningful built environments en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos 401-415p. en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding 10thInternational Conference of Faculty of Architecture Research Unit (FARU – 2017) en_US
dc.identifier.email rangajeewar@gmail.com en_US


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