You win some, you lose some: Compensating the loss of green space in cities considering heterogeneous population characteristics
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You win some, you lose some : Compensating the loss of green space in cities considering heterogeneous population characteristics. / Nordström, Leif Jonas; Hammarlund, Cecilia.
I: Land, Bind 10, Nr. 11, 1156, 2021.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - You win some, you lose some
T2 - Compensating the loss of green space in cities considering heterogeneous population characteristics
AU - Nordström, Leif Jonas
AU - Hammarlund, Cecilia
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The increased urbanization and human population growth of the recent decades have resulted in the loss of urban green spaces. One policy used to prevent the loss of urban green space is ecological compensation. Ecological compensation is the final step in the mitigation hierarchy; compensation measures should thus be a last resort after all opportunities to implement the earlier steps of the hierarchy have been exhausted. Ecological compensation should balance the ecological damage, aiming for a “no net loss” of biodiversity and ecosystem services. In this study, we develop a simple model that can be used as tool to study the welfare effects of applying ecological compensation when green space is at risk of being exploited, both at an aggregate level for society and for different groups of individuals. Our focus is on urban green space and the value of the ecosystem service—recreation—that urban green space provides. In a case study, we show how the model can be used in the planning process to evaluate the welfare effects of compensation measures at various sites within the city. The results from the case study indicate that factors such as population density and proximity to green space have a large impact on aggregate welfare from green space and on net welfare when different compensation sites are compared against each other.
AB - The increased urbanization and human population growth of the recent decades have resulted in the loss of urban green spaces. One policy used to prevent the loss of urban green space is ecological compensation. Ecological compensation is the final step in the mitigation hierarchy; compensation measures should thus be a last resort after all opportunities to implement the earlier steps of the hierarchy have been exhausted. Ecological compensation should balance the ecological damage, aiming for a “no net loss” of biodiversity and ecosystem services. In this study, we develop a simple model that can be used as tool to study the welfare effects of applying ecological compensation when green space is at risk of being exploited, both at an aggregate level for society and for different groups of individuals. Our focus is on urban green space and the value of the ecosystem service—recreation—that urban green space provides. In a case study, we show how the model can be used in the planning process to evaluate the welfare effects of compensation measures at various sites within the city. The results from the case study indicate that factors such as population density and proximity to green space have a large impact on aggregate welfare from green space and on net welfare when different compensation sites are compared against each other.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Urban green space
KW - Ecological compensation
KW - Recreational value
KW - Wellbeing
KW - Utility
KW - Welfare effects
KW - Distributional effects
U2 - 10.3390/land10111156
DO - 10.3390/land10111156
M3 - Journal article
VL - 10
JO - Land
JF - Land
SN - 2073-445X
IS - 11
M1 - 1156
ER -
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