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ArticleWater science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research2026

Willingness-to-pay for sponge city green infrastructure benefits in China based on discrete choice experiment.

Tongyu Xu, Jian Chen, You Li, Chunyan Shi, Pengxuan Wang, Guang Li, Jian Ge, Weijun Gao

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Article in Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Tongyu XuThe Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd, Hangzhou 310027, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3579-5222
Jian ChenThe Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd, Hangzhou 310027, China.
You LiGraduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3460-9642
Chunyan ShiSchool of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Jilin Jianzhu University, Changchun 130118, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7215-539X
Pengxuan WangSchool of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Jilin Jianzhu University, Changchun 130118, China.
Guang LiSchool of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Jilin Jianzhu University, Changchun 130118, China.
Jian GeCollege of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Weijun GaoGraduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0299-3686

Funding

the National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 52470077
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As urbanization and extreme stormwater events increase, sustainable stormwater management becomes vital. Sponge city green infrastructure offers a solution to flooding and pollution, providing additional benefits like recreation and clean air. However, understanding public preferences for sponge city green infrastructure's ecosystem services and balancing its co-benefits poses challenges, especially regarding financial sustainability. This study used a discrete choice experiment with 1,154 residents from three Chinese sponge cities to assess the monetary value of five sponge city green infrastructure benefits: improving black and malodorous water bodies, flood prevention, mitigating urban heat island effects, rainwater reuse, and landscape recreation. Analyzing data via the mixed logit model, distinct preferences for sponge city green infrastructure benefits emerged. Residents across all cities were significantly willing to pay for rainwater reuse, indicating a gap in existing research. Preferences varied for other benefits, with positive responses for water body improvement and flood prevention but indifference towards heat island effect and mixed views on landscape recreation. This information is crucial for stormwater managers to optimize sponge city green infrastructure design and fee evaluation.

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesChinaChoice BehaviorCitiesEcosystemFloodsdiscrete choice experimentecosystem services benefitsmixed logit modelsponge city green infrastructurewillingness to pay

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PMID41533548

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