RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 To Tell or Not to Tell: Preference Elicitation with and without Emphasis on Scientific Uncertainty
JF Land Economics
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 397
OP 412
DO 10.3368/le.99.3.021122-0011R
VO 99
IS 3
A1 Aanesen, Margrethe
A1 Armstrong, Claire
A1 Borch, Trude
A1 Fieler, Reinhold
A1 Hausner, Vera
A1 Kipperberg, Gorm
A1 Lindhjem, Henrik
A1 Navrud, Ståle
YR 2023
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/99/3/397.abstract
AB Decisions about the optimal use of coastal and marine resources must be made with high uncertainty about environmental impacts and may conflict with public perception of the risk associated with current blue growth initiatives. In a discrete choice experiment conducted in valuation workshops in five communities in Arctic Norway, we examine public preferences for various aquaculture expansion paths. Respondents prefer a smaller expansion in terms of the number of aquaculture sites compared with the planned expansion. Emphasizing scientific uncertainty regarding the negative environmental impacts of aquaculture leads to lower resistance against the planned expansion.