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- Title
Economic benefits of preventing bird collisions in South Korea: findings from a choice experiment survey.
- Authors
Kim, Chang-Min; Kim, Ju-Hee; Yoo, Seung-Hoon
- Abstract
Bird deaths due to collisions with artificial structures, such as glass windows of buildings and transparent noise barriers, are continuing to occur in South Korea. The government is trying to prevent bird collisions by increasing the attachment of specially designed tapes to help birds avoid windows. This article estimates the economic benefits arising from the prevention of collisions by applying a choice experiment (CE). For this purpose, a CE survey of 1000 South Korean interviewees was conducted. The four attributes to be attached with the tapes for the CE application were a transparent soundproof wall window on an expressway, a transparent soundproof wall window on a general road, a glass window in a public building, and a glass window in a private building. The unit was the percentage of each structure with the tapes attached to the window. The marginal values of a one-unit (1%p) increase in each attribute were computed to be KRW 534 (USD 0.46), KRW 233 (USD 0.20), KRW 1,318 (USD 1.13), and KRW 12,930 (USD 11.05), respectively. This quantitative information will be an important reference for implementing the prevention policy. For example, based on the collision prevention of 1000 birds per structure, the priority for attaching tapes can be placed in the order of expressways, public buildings, private buildings, and general roads.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; NOISE barriers; BIRD mortality; CURTAIN walls; U.S. dollar; SOUNDPROOFING; PUBLIC buildings
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2023, Vol 30, Issue 2, p2945
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-022-22343-y