Willingness to Pay for Climate Change Mitigation: Application on Big Cities in Central Java, Indonesia

This research aims is to map the climate condition on the cities and to explore willingness-to-pay (WTP) for climate change mitigation. Geographic Information System (GIS) is mapped cities climate condition and Choice Modeling (CM) is measured the people's awareness for mitigating the impacts. The valuation variables are WTP, socio-economy and alternative mitigation choice. WTP is the maximum payment in various bid choices, it is between Rp 0,- to Rp 210.000,-. The alternative choices are plant trees, develop city forest, and public transportation improvement. Sample is defined by Watson formula, which is about 300 respondents in three cities, randomly. In terms of supports, the research's findings are on spatial analysis and mitigation choices. Spatial analysis shows the climate condition in the Surakarta, Semarang and Magelang. WTP survey with CM approach focuses on climate change mitigation in the three cities.