Disposição a Pagar por Espaços Verdes Urbanos

Abstract

The article sought to answer: how much are regulars at Araçá Park (Recife - Pernambuco) willingness to pay for proposed improvements - a scenario with improved environmental quality - in the study area? We apply the contingent valuation method to estimate the economic value of the area, assessing the willingness to pay (DAP) of its regulars. We seek to understand which socioeconomic factors contribute to users' preferences for visiting the park. The model adopted was a Bivariate Probit with double questions (dichotomous). We calculated two models to estimate DBH - linear functional form in income and functional log linear form in income. The first had a DAP of R $ 11.71, while the second was R $ 11.23. The result of both models showed that the bid amount offered to exerts a greater influence on the likelihood of respondents saying yes. And that, factors such as sex, age and education level of the interviewees were not good explanatory factors for the acceptance of the bid. The distance from the house to the park, the day on which the visit occurs and the duration time of visit are variables that explained well the acceptance of the bid. At the end, we calculated the consumer surplus, R $ 545,151.90 (logLinear model) and R $ 568,075.52 (linear model).