Estimation of Willingness to Pay for Createion and Usage of Social Garden Services in Urban Area: Case of Karaj

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PHD student of shahid beheshti university,Tehran,iran

2 Assistant Professor,shahid beheshti Universiy,Tehran,Iran

3 Professor of shahid beheshti university,Tehran,iran.

4 Associate Professor,Shahid beheshti university,Tehran,iran.

Abstract

A Community garden is a piece of land created in an urban area And is cultivated and exploited by a group of people and the citizens in it engaged in gardening. One of the ways to preserve gardens and urban green space is to build a Community garden. But creating, maintaining and developing community gardens It is costly for the government and requires the participation of the peopl Assessment The level of public participation in financing the maintenance and use of community garden services is very important. Accordingly in this study, Willingness to pay people for construction And the use of a community garden in the city of Karaj Using the conditional valuation method and The two-dimensional dual selection technique was estimated. In order to investigate the factors affecting the willingness of households to pay, the logit model and the method of estimating the maximum likelihood were used. The data required for this research were collected by completing a questionnaire by 183 heads of households in Karaj in 1399-1400. The results of the logit model show Education variables With effects 0/09, picnic and tourisms With effects 0/003, Interest in joining environmental organizations With effects 0/34 And the number of household members With effects 0/064 And Proposed price With the with effect – 0/000008 It has had significant effects on the willingness of respondents to pay. The results of the study showed That average willingness to pay monthly Each family 111 thousand tomans To use community garden services, That's the amount Can A sustainable source of income For the municipality And other related devices And It also preserves and develops gardens and urban green space.

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Agricultural Economics
Volume 16, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
November 2022
Pages 33-54

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