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Mast, Jerald Charles.

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Clarifying ambiguity: Public policy, contingent valuation and the consideration of environmental aesthetics (Arizona).

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Clarifying ambiguity: Public policy, contingent valuation and the consideration of environmental aesthetics (Arizona)./
Author:	Mast, Jerald Charles.
Description:	245 p.
Notes:	Chair: Zachary A. Smith.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International63-05A.
Subject:	Landscape Architecture. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3055218
ISBN:	0493699074

Clarifying ambiguity: Public policy, contingent valuation and the consideration of environmental aesthetics (Arizona).
Mast, Jerald Charles.

Clarifying ambiguity: Public policy, contingent valuation and the consideration of environmental aesthetics (Arizona). - 245 p.

Chair: Zachary A. Smith.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 2002.

Normative concerns about the quantification of aesthetics into willingness to pay terminology are explored from perspectives of democratic and environmentalist theory and are then addressed.

ISBN: 0493699074Subjects--Topical Terms:

890923
Landscape Architecture.

Clarifying ambiguity: Public policy, contingent valuation and the consideration of environmental aesthetics (Arizona).
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520 $a Normative concerns about the quantification of aesthetics into willingness to pay terminology are explored from perspectives of democratic and environmentalist theory and are then addressed.
520 $a This dissertation identifies ambiguity surrounding the magnitude of environmental aesthetic value as a central factor contributing to the difficulty of creating regulations designed to promote aesthetically pleasing environments. It is proposed that the economic technique, contingent valuation method (CVM), be used to measure the value of landscape elements that contribute to the general aesthetics of a given environment.
520 $a As a case study, contingent valuation methods are employed to measure the value of increasing levels of wildflowers on public lands in Arizona. Results find that Arizonans are willing to pay significant levels for land management efforts that would increase wildflowers around the state: conservative projections estimate nearly $2 million annually for programs that double wildflower levels, $2 .4 million annually to triple them, and $4 million annually to quadruple them. These figures are doubled and tripled depending on the liberalization of assumptions.
520 $a The former discussion theorizes effects of CVM data on the behavior of political leaders in representative democracies, and on the distribution of power amongst citizens, and policy experts and administrators. These effects include the likelihood of aesthetic issues entering the public agenda, and the incentive for politician's to align their policy positions to reflect public values. Concerns about the use of CVM and the distribution of power are shown to depend on assumptions regarding different conceptions of equity, and the feasibility and desirability of increased citizen participation. It is argued that when intensive citizen participation is seen to be both feasible and desirable, CVM can be employed in such contexts without contradiction.
520 $a Environmentalist concerns regarding the use of CVM to quantify aesthetics are shown to largely depend on the degree to which environmentalist perspectives are grounded in ecocentric frameworks. It is argued that even ecocentric concerns can be mollified if the application of CVM aligns regulation with public values in way that fosters “deep aesthetic” appreciation of the environment; an appreciation that leads individuals into meaningful, transpersonal relationships with their environments.
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