PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Chen, Xuqi
AU  - Gao, Zhifeng
AU  - Bi, Xiang
TI  - Measuring heterogeneous preferences for adaptation strategies in response to sea-level rise: Evidence from Miami-Dade County
AID  - 10.3368/le.062620-0093R1
DP  - 2022 Jun 23
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 062620-0093R1
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/06/15/le.062620-0093R1.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/06/15/le.062620-0093R1.full
AB  - Despite mounting threats from rising sea levels, adaptation to sea-level rise (SLR) is often challenged by limited funding and understanding of residents’ preferences. Using an online choice experiment, we investigate residents’ preference for three SLR adaptation strategies: building seawalls, replenishing the beach, and installing stormwater pumps in Miami-Dade County. We control the preference, scale, and alternative heterogeneity using generalized multinomial logit models with error components. Results show that residents prefer additional adaptation strategies to the status quo, and valuations of adaptation attributes are correlated with residents’ sociodemographics. Accounting for alternative heterogeneity also significantly improves model performance.