Valuing the social benefits of avoiding landscape degradation from overhead power transmission lines
Do underground cables pass the benefit–cost test
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11168191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ståle Navrud (0000-0002-6627-4595, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, corresponding author), Richard C Ready (0000-0003-1907-7617, Pennsylvania State University), Kristin Magnussen (0000-0002-1930-6937, Sweco (Norway)), Olvar Bergland (0000-0001-5157-2250, Norwegian University of Life Sciences) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 281-296 |
| Publication date | 2008-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Landscape Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-6397 • E-ISSN: 1469-9710 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01426390802045921 |
| OpenAlex | W2160684286 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 7 |
Overhead power transmission lines cause external costs including aesthetic impacts on the landscape. We use the contingent valuation method to estimate the external costs from these aesthetic impacts, and find that the social benefits of avoiding these negative impacts on the landscape exceed the costs of burying the lines as underground cables. Our best-estimate of the aesthetic benefits from burying the power lines was three times as large as the cost. These conclusions were based only on an assessment of the aesthetic impacts. Impacts of overhead power lines on wildlife and human health would likely make burial of power lines even more attractive. These results were obtained in an urban setting. Additional studies are needed to assess the costs associated with aesthetic impacts in rural and pristine natural areas, where power line construction is increasing
Business · Cost–benefit analysis · Economics · Electric power transmission · Electrical engineering · Environmental economics · Overhead (engineering) · Power (physics) · Power transmission · Social benefits · Valuation (finance) · Wildlife · Ecology · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Engineering · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Urban Green Space and Health
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Introduction
| Citations per year | 0.69 |
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |