2021-01-18 GC - Item 3 - Attachment 3 - Cost Benefit Analysis for Coastal Erosion Options

•    Moreton Bay LGA

•    Cherbourg LGA.

For this analysis these non-use values are only relevant under option 4, which is the only option
assumed to change the profile of the beach. As this option leads to a loss of beach width and
therefore a loss of non-use values, these values will be included in the analysis as a loss, rather than
a benefit. These losses accrue equally across the local community identified above.


4.2.6.      Amenity benefits

Publicly accessible open space provides amenity benefits to the local community. Amenity benefits
can include both tangible benefits such as recreation, or non-tangible benefits such as pleasure or
aesthetic appreciation.

Under option 5, the amenity benefits resulting from the conversion of private lots to public open space
have been quantified. These have been quantified based on average household willingness to pay for
additional public open space (Ambrey and Fleming, 2014) for all households in the local area. These
benefits are expected to accrue equally across the local community.




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