Socio-cultural valuation of whale ecosystem services in Skjálfandi Bay, Iceland

• Published in: Ecological Economics
• Main Authors: Malinauskaite, Laura, Cook, David, Davidsdottir, Brynhildur, Ögmundardóttir, Helga
• Other Authors: Umhverfis- og auðlindafræði (HÍ), Environment and Natural Resources (UI), Hagfræðideild (HÍ), Faculty of Economics (UI), Líf- og umhverfisvísindadeild (HÍ), Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences (UI), Félagsfræði-, mannfræði- og þjóðfræðideild (HÍ), Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Félagsvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Social Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2021
• Subjects: Socio-cultural ES valuation; Whale ecosystem services; Non-monetary valuation; Multi-method approach; Hvalaskoðun; Húsavík; Menningaráhrif; Samfélagsáhrif; Vistvæn ferðamennska; Arctic; Skjálfandi; Climate change; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2124; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106867

Pre-print (óritrýnt handrit) The study examines the socio-cultural values of multiple ecosystem services (ES) sourced from whales in Skjálfandi Bay, North Iceland, with many beneficiaries living in and visiting the town of Húsavík. The study begins to address the research gap in non-monetary valuati...