A spatially accurate method for evaluating distributional effects of ecosystem services

摘要: The value of most ecosystem services invariably slips through national accounts. Even when these values are estimated, they allocated without any particular spatial referencing. Little is known about the and distributional effects arising from changes in service provision. This paper estimates equity provision using a dedicated data disaggregation algorithm that allocates 'synthetic' socioeconomic attributes to households with accurate geo-referencing. A GIS-based automated procedure operationalized for three different Israel. nonlinear function relates household location each ecosystem: beaches, urban parks parks. Benefit measures derived by modeling consumer surplus as socio-economic distance ecosystem. These aggregate spatially disaggregated households. Results show restraining access beaches causes greater reduction welfare than park. Progressively, high income lose relatively more terms low such action. outcome reversed outcomes measured housing price classes. Policy implications findings relate policies attempt use new development generate social heterogeneity locations proximate services.