TY - JOUR
T1 - Using a Choice Experiment to Understand Preferences for Disaster Risk Reduction with Uncertainty
T2 - A Case Study in Japan
AU - Tsuge, Takahiro
AU - Shoji, Yasushi
AU - Kuriyama, Koichi
AU - Onuma, Ayumi
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, grant number 4-1805 and JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 20K20762 (for Ayumi Onuma).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/4/1
Y1 - 2022/4/1
N2 - With the increase in disasters due to climate change, there has been a growing interest in green infrastructures that utilize nature for disaster risk reduction (DRR). However, green infrastructures cannot completely protect against hazards. Therefore, this study investigates the public preference in Japan for DRR and its uncertainty using a survey-based choice experiment. The results showed that benefits were obtained from the increase in “success probability,” “reduction in human damage,” “reduction in property damage,” and “reduction in indirect damage”; however, the benefits obtained from additional improvements diminished. Moreover, the results of our analyses revealed that preferences for DRR and its uncertainty were heterogeneous among respondents, and the population segment that includes more women, older people, and more people who live in areas that may be directly affected by floods had higher ratings for “success probability” and relatively slightly lower ratings for “reduction in indirect damage.”.
AB - With the increase in disasters due to climate change, there has been a growing interest in green infrastructures that utilize nature for disaster risk reduction (DRR). However, green infrastructures cannot completely protect against hazards. Therefore, this study investigates the public preference in Japan for DRR and its uncertainty using a survey-based choice experiment. The results showed that benefits were obtained from the increase in “success probability,” “reduction in human damage,” “reduction in property damage,” and “reduction in indirect damage”; however, the benefits obtained from additional improvements diminished. Moreover, the results of our analyses revealed that preferences for DRR and its uncertainty were heterogeneous among respondents, and the population segment that includes more women, older people, and more people who live in areas that may be directly affected by floods had higher ratings for “success probability” and relatively slightly lower ratings for “reduction in indirect damage.”.
KW - choice experiment
KW - disaster risk reduction
KW - green infrastructures
KW - preference
KW - uncertainty
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U2 - 10.3390/su14084753
DO - 10.3390/su14084753
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85129226302
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 14
JO - Sustainability
JF - Sustainability
IS - 8
M1 - 4753
ER -
