DocumentCode
2376910
Title
The research into the method of developing efficient universal design in traffic environment through the application of contingent valuation method
Author
Nishiyama, Toshiki ; Gomyo, Keni´chi ; Arisawa, Makoto
Author_Institution
Keio Univ., Japan
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
1118
Lastpage
1123
Abstract
It is important to remove barriers in the transportation environment but, in engineering studies, we leave developers\´ financial problems out of the consideration. In regional policy studies, we deal with customer satisfaction surveys. Therefore, the authors applied the "contingent valuation method" (CVM) to measure the amount of technique which citizens need in terms of money, taking the promotion of widespread normalization and the developers\´ financial limitations into account As a result, the authors recognized that the larger the citizens\´ income is, the higher the citizens\´ willingness to pay (WTP) for improving the non-barrier transportation system. That is to say, the developers should collect the cost of establishing a non-barrier transportation system according to the scale of the household economy
Keywords
design for environment; economics; finance; traffic; transportation; value engineering; citizens´ income; contingent valuation method; cost; customer satisfaction survey; developers´ financial problems; efficient universal design; financial limitations; household economy; nonbarrier transportation system; normalization promotion; physically-challenged person; regional policy studies; social consensus; traffic environment; transportation engineering; willingness to pay; Aging; Buildings; Cities and towns; Cost accounting; Delay; Economic forecasting; Environmental economics; National security; Safety; Transportation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Tokyo
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1266-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/.2001.992535
Filename
992535
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