What Explains the Incidence of the Use of a Common Sediment Control on Lots with Houses Under Construction? (original) (raw)
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2010
Soil erosion from construction sites can cause sedimentation of nearby water bodies. Mandatory sediment controls can reduce sedimentation. What determines the degree to which sediment controls meet regulatory standards for installation and maintenance? A conditional-multinomial logit model is estimated with data from 85 construction sites that were audited in 2001 or 2005 in Greenville County, SC to determine whether 147 sediment ponds or traps were installed correctly, properly maintained, or both. Costs of maintenance positively affect the probability that a sediment pond or trap is properly maintained. Engineering experience positively affects the probability that a structure is properly maintained. Construction site distance from the county's regulatory office positively affects the probability that a sediment control is installed incorrectly. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am grateful to many friends and family for their unending support. Thank you for your words of wisdom and your limitless encouragement. I am especially grateful to my father for his insights on stress and to my boyfriend, who is always my biggest fan.
Categorising Area Models for Stormwater Fees at Property Level: A Literature Review
WIT Transactions on The Built Environment
Worldwide, the increasing challenges due to stormwater runoff in urban areas are well known. Authorities need to be prepared for emergency situations and have plans for preventive measures to avoid flooded properties and public grounds. Several studies highlight that homeowner's knowledge and awareness of their own flood risk, will lead to better protection and less damage. What is probably less focused is that preventive-measures within your own property will also help to reduce the flood risk for your neighbours settled at a lower site. Stormwater fee derived from the area model can be seen both as an instrument to motivate property owners to manage rainwater in a more sustainable way, and a way of financing public infrastructure related to stormwater. Many cities and states worldwide have already introduced area models as a basis for calculating stormwater fee at property level. There are many models which range from very simple and rough calculations to more complex and detailed. In some countries, e.g., USA, differentiated stormwater fees have been used for decades, while for example in Norway this is still a controversial topic. In this study, we will conduct a literature review of area models, which aim to describe what a single property should pay in stormwater fee. Which model is best, depends entirely on the goals you want to achieve. Based on the literature review, our understanding is that more attention will be paid on area models if there is a clear connection between instrument and goal. In this article we aim to categorize and group the different models and describe for which goals they are best suited.
Economic Impact Analysis of Revisions to the Virginia Stormwater Regulation
1 The authors gratefully acknowledge the input, assistance, and comments provided by DCR staff. The authors also thank local government staff, nongovernmental organization staff, and private consultants/builders who provided technical input and assistance. While acknowledging this assistance, all statements, conclusions, omissions, or errors are the sole responsibility of the authors.
Price Endogeneity and Marginal Cost Effects on Incentive Compatible Stormwater Management Policies
2010
Incentive based stormwater management policies offer the prospect of reducing urban stormwater runoff while increasing developer profits. An incentive compatible Stormwater Banking Program (SBP) is presented that allows developers to build at higher residential densities in exchange for including low impact stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) in the development's stormwater management infrastructure. Price endogeneity presents itself when the smaller residential lots created by building at a greater density sell for a lower price than the original, larger lots. Stormwater management authorities must be aware of this and the effects of the program participation fee structure in designing voluntary incentive based policies that meet runoff reduction objectives.
Residential demand for sediment remediation to restore water quality: Evidence from Milwaukee
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2022
This paper examines the effect of removing pollutants, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), on property values in Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOCs). AOCs are heavily polluted locations identified as priorities for restoration under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) between the United States and Canada. Since the signing of the GLWQA, AOCs have undergone cleanup actions that could encourage local redevelopment and raise nearby property values. This paper focuses on the Milwaukee Estuary AOC and estimates property owner willingness to pay using a sorting model and home sales data before and after a major sediment remediation project. Results indicate that owner willingness to pay for cleanup is significant. This paper also examines potential differences in willingness to pay across income and race groups. Results fail to indicate any significant grouplevel differences in willingness to pay, although they do indicate systematic inequalities as a result of pre-existing sorting patterns.
Analyzing agricultural landowners' willingness to install streamside buffers
Retrieved August, 2002
Many watershed organizations have prioritized establishing streamside (riparian) buffers on agricultural land to improve water quality. Using data from a 2000 survey of 500 Maryland landowners, we examine what level of financial incentives they would require to install such buffers for 15 years on a voluntary basis. A random utility model is developed where a landowner is willing to accept the offered contract if he or she receives a higher utility from the incentive payment and buffer installation than from not planting the buffer. Given the development pressure in the Washington D.C./Baltimore corridor, we test whether farmers need more than the agricultural opportunity costs to encumber their land. Higher incentive payments, part-time farming, education, and a Lower Shore location positively influence the respondent's willingness to install a buffer. Length of the farming horizon, age, and a Southern Maryland location negatively influence the respondent's willingness.