Willingness to pay for water resources for human consumption in the city of Azángaro
Willingness to pay for water resources for human consumption in the city of Azángaro
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.46023221111
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Palavras-chave: Consumo humano, disponibilidad a pagar, modelo logit, recurso hídrico.
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Keywords: human consumption, willingness to pay, logit model, water resource.
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Abstract: Determine the willingness to pay for water resources for human consumption. Material and method: The deductive and econometric method was used, with a quantitative, non-experimental, basic type approach, with descriptive and explanatory scope, cross-sectional, the population was delimited based on 5,530 cases of water supply in the city of Azángaro, located at 3,850 masl, and an estimated sample of 365 respondents was estimated, with a Cronbach's Alpha value of 0.908, the binomial logit econometric model was applied. Results: The value of the willingness to pay was S/ 2.52 soles per month, estimating a total of S/ 172,217 soles per year, useful for the application of environmental improvement policies for water resources in Azángaro. Conclusions: The determining factors of the willingness to pay were: age, education, gender, the importance of the water resource and the perception of improvement in the quality of the water resource in the future.
- YUDY HUACANI SUCASACA
- Pedro Pablo Morales Livisi
- Jesús Mamani Mamani
- Bertha Béjar Parra