Public preference for sustainable land use policies – Empirical results from multinomial logit model analysis

Public preferences for sustainable land use policy instruments and the motivations behind such are important to make appropriate policies. Based on survey data (n = 309) from northeastern Somalia, we examined a set of relative no (i.e. current status quo) how cultural worldviews predict preferences. We used multinomial logit model analyze comparative evaluation choices due its interpretability robustness violations normality. Overall, results show that respondents likely consent all types more inclined market-based informational instruments. Specifically, regulatory positively associated with hierarchy egalitarian negatively fatalism individualistic only significant. The instrument is desirable except fatalism, but individual Preferences showed significant effect. Although there some contradictions, these broadly consistent proposition theory risk. This study highlights policies heterogeneous mainly explaining sources this heterogeneity. It evident were willing quo indicates need concerted effort reduce degradation deforestation in country. We, therefore, recommend policymakers incorporate different ways humans perceive interpret social-environmental relations into decisions achieve outcomes.