Environmental Engineering Reference
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What are people's
Individual-
Qualitative
Natural resource use as a
Attitudinal surveys,
Holmes (2003)
perceptions of the roles
Community
analysis
cultural activity, perceptions
focus groups
of natural resources
of risk, relationships with
and/or conservation
authorities
How has natural
Individual-
Qualitative
Changes in effort, gear
Key informant time-
Freehling and
resource use changed
Community
analysis
types, prey density
lines, case studies,
Marks (1998)
over time
historical literature
What determines
Household
Consumer choice
Multivariate analysis of
Household interviews,
Fa
et al
.
(2002)
,
Wilkie
consumption of natural
factors affecting
recall of consumption,
and Godoy (2001)
,
resources
consumption (e.g. price,
focus groups, rankings
East
et al
. (2005)
availability, taste)
What determines
Market
Econometrics
Time-series of quantities on
Direct observation,
Milner-Gulland
consumption of natural
sale, prices (the good itself
official statistics
(1993), Wilkie
et al
.
resources
and substitutes), incomes,
(2005)
inflation rates
How do natural
Individual-
Commodity
Estimating profits along the
Direct observation, key
Cowlishaw
et al
. (2005)
resources flow from
Market
chain analysis
chain, quantifying flows
informants
the hunter/gatherer to
between actors, identifying
the consumer
targets for intervention
What is the total
Individual-
Environmental
Monetary valuation of
Willingness to pay
Bann (1998),
economic value of
Society
economics
benefits and costs to
questionnaires,
de Lopez (2003)
natural resource use to
stakeholders
substitute goods, direct
individuals and society
valuation
How do institutions
Institutions-
Institutional
Studies in sites with
Key informant
Alcala (1998),
and policies affect
Individual
analysis
contrasting institutional
interviews, focus
Ostrom
et al
. (1999),
natural resource use
regimes, flows of influence
groups
Béné (2003)
behaviour
between stakeholders
