Estimation of the Non-Use Value (Existence Value) of the University's Old Campus by Contingent Valuation Method -A Case Study in Central and Western China

摘要

The old campus of universities have a long history and thick culture. As the cultural heritage, its existence value should be given a high attention. This paper uses Contingent Valuation Method to explore the existence value of eight old campus in the central and western China, including Lanzhou University (LZU), Lanzhou University of Technology (LZUT), Lanzhou City University (LZCU), Northwest Normal University (NWNU), Xi'an Polytechnic University (XAPU), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT), Zheng zhou University (ZZU) and Henan University (HNU). The results show that 91.9% of the respondents were willing to pay (WTP) a certain amount of money for the perpetual existence of the old campus, and the average WTP was 184.9 RMB per month. WTP was correlated with the Interviewees' expected monthly incomes and region, WTP was significantly difference on household registration, the expected Income, the level of education and the region where these colleges and universities located In. WTP was different among each college and university, HNU, XAPU and XAUAT had significantly higher WTP than the other five colleges and universities. The total existence value of the old campus in the central and western China was about 49.7 × 108 RMB per year. The results showed that existence value of the old campus was very large, so they should be given a priority on protection and development Due to the value evaluation of old campus have never been explored, but the old campus's social function, cultural function and historical contribution, development of social economy shows that the existence value of the old campus of colleges and universities is very large. However, because of the limited samples, the results of this paper maybe are not so accurate and reliable. In order to comprehensively understand the existence value of old campus in our study areas and evenatthe national level, further work should be needed.