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A choice modeling study for a sanitary landfill in Malaysia: case of Kota Bharu, Kelantan

Environmental impacts from poor landfilling practice have been a long-time concern in Kota Bharu, a populated city in Peninsula Malaysia. This requires a sustainable disposal solution, a sanitary landfill, but such a project can turn into a failure without household demand side information. This stu...

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Main Authors: Nik Ab Rahim, Nik Nor Rahimah, Othman, Jamal
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Published: Inderscience 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100085/
https://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=IJEWM
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1000852024-08-01T08:39:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100085/ A choice modeling study for a sanitary landfill in Malaysia: case of Kota Bharu, Kelantan Nik Ab Rahim, Nik Nor Rahimah Othman, Jamal Environmental impacts from poor landfilling practice have been a long-time concern in Kota Bharu, a populated city in Peninsula Malaysia. This requires a sustainable disposal solution, a sanitary landfill, but such a project can turn into a failure without household demand side information. This study investigated the willingness of households to pay for a sanitary landfill by employing a survey-based method known as choice modelling. This is used to obtain the willingness of households to pay towards the environmental benefits of a sanitary landfill described by attributes of controlled leachate discharge, reduced intensity of bad odour, reduced disease vector and promotion of a scenic view. The resulting estimates show positive willingness to pay for each attribute (ranging from RM2.12 to RM12.61) and for the sanitary landfill (ranging from RM7.62 to RM10.41). The gathered information benefits policymakers to make decisions that match the demands of households so as to avoid the likelihood of opposition and project infeasibility. Inderscience 2022-01 Article PeerReviewed Nik Ab Rahim, Nik Nor Rahimah and Othman, Jamal (2022) A choice modeling study for a sanitary landfill in Malaysia: case of Kota Bharu, Kelantan. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 1 (1). pp. 1-26. ISSN 1478-9876; ESSN: 1478-9868 https://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=IJEWM 10.1504/IJEWM.2022.10042085
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description Environmental impacts from poor landfilling practice have been a long-time concern in Kota Bharu, a populated city in Peninsula Malaysia. This requires a sustainable disposal solution, a sanitary landfill, but such a project can turn into a failure without household demand side information. This study investigated the willingness of households to pay for a sanitary landfill by employing a survey-based method known as choice modelling. This is used to obtain the willingness of households to pay towards the environmental benefits of a sanitary landfill described by attributes of controlled leachate discharge, reduced intensity of bad odour, reduced disease vector and promotion of a scenic view. The resulting estimates show positive willingness to pay for each attribute (ranging from RM2.12 to RM12.61) and for the sanitary landfill (ranging from RM7.62 to RM10.41). The gathered information benefits policymakers to make decisions that match the demands of households so as to avoid the likelihood of opposition and project infeasibility.
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author Nik Ab Rahim, Nik Nor Rahimah
Othman, Jamal
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Othman, Jamal
A choice modeling study for a sanitary landfill in Malaysia: case of Kota Bharu, Kelantan
author_facet Nik Ab Rahim, Nik Nor Rahimah
Othman, Jamal
author_sort Nik Ab Rahim, Nik Nor Rahimah
title A choice modeling study for a sanitary landfill in Malaysia: case of Kota Bharu, Kelantan
title_short A choice modeling study for a sanitary landfill in Malaysia: case of Kota Bharu, Kelantan
title_full A choice modeling study for a sanitary landfill in Malaysia: case of Kota Bharu, Kelantan
title_fullStr A choice modeling study for a sanitary landfill in Malaysia: case of Kota Bharu, Kelantan
title_full_unstemmed A choice modeling study for a sanitary landfill in Malaysia: case of Kota Bharu, Kelantan
title_sort choice modeling study for a sanitary landfill in malaysia: case of kota bharu, kelantan
publisher Inderscience
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100085/
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