Market-Based Instruments for Ecosystem Service Provision in Southern Alberta: an exploration of landowners’ perspectives

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dc.contributor.authorHoward, Kyle
dc.contributor.supervisorBjornlund, Henning
dc.contributor.supervisorXu, Wei
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-20T03:53:42Z
dc.date.available2015-01-20T03:53:42Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.description.abstractWith increased industrial, urban, and agricultural development, the capacity for ecosystems to produce Ecosystem Services (ES) in southern Alberta is under pressure. Market-Based Instruments (MBIs) are proposed to entice landowners to participate in ES provision programs. Due to the voluntary nature of these programs, it is necessary to identify the level of incentive needed to attract participants. From a survey in the Oldman River Basin, this study classified rural landowners into three groups based on their value orientations; each requiring different levels of financial incentive to participate in MBI programs. Additional non-payment benefits to participating also reduced the incentive requirements. The willingness of landowners to participate in these programs to protect water quality was explained using Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) variables, past behaviour, percent of income gained from land use, and generations of a family owning the land, which were significant variables in a regression model.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3621
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0366en_US
dc.proquest.subject0640en_US
dc.proquest.subject0438en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Geographyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Geographyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectEcosystem Servicesen_US
dc.subjectIncentivesen_US
dc.subjectLandowner participationen_US
dc.subjectMarket-Based Instrumentsen_US
dc.subjectWater qualityen_US
dc.titleMarket-Based Instruments for Ecosystem Service Provision in Southern Alberta: an exploration of landowners’ perspectivesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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