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Introducing willingness -to-pay for noise changes into transport appraisal - an application of benefit transfer
journal contribution
posted on 2007-05-22, 10:14 authored by J. Nellthorp, Abigail Bristow, B. DayNumerous research studies have elicited willingness-to-pay values for transport related
noise, however in many industrialised countries including the UK, noise costs
and benefits are still not incorporated into appraisals for most transport projects and
policy changes (Odgaard et al., 2005; Grant-Muller et al., 2001). This paper
describes the actions recently taken in the UK to address this issue, comprising:
primary research based on the city of Birmingham; an international review of
willingness-to-pay evidence; development of values using benefit transfers over time
and locations; and integration with appraisal methods. Amongst the main findings
are: that the willingness-to-pay estimates derived for the UK are broadly comparable
with those used in appraisal elsewhere in Europe; that there is a case for a lower
threshold at 45dB(A)Leq,18hr
1 rather than the more conventional 55dB(A); and that
values per dB(A) increase with the noise level above this threshold. There are
significant issues over the valuation of rail versus road noise, the neglect of nonresidential
noise and the valuation of high noise levels in different countries.
Conclusions are drawn regarding the feasibility of noise valuation based on benefit
transfers in the UK and elsewhere, and future research needs in this field are discussed.
History
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
Nellthorp J., Bristow A.L. and Day B. (2007) Introducing willingness-to-pay for noise changes into transport appraisal - an application of benefit transfer. Transport Reviews 27(3), pp327-353Publisher
© RoutledgePublication date
2007Notes
This article was published in the journal Transport reviews [© Routledge]. The definitive version is available at: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/01441647.html.ISSN
0144-1647;1464-5327Language
- en