You win some, you lose some : Compensating the loss of green space in cities considering heterogeneous population characteristics
(2021) In Land 10(11).- Abstract
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... (More)
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.
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- author
- Nordström, Jonas LU and Hammarlund, Cecilia LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021-11-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Distributional effects, Ecological compensation, Recreational value, Urban green space, Utility, Welfare effects, Wellbeing
- in
- Land
- volume
- 10
- issue
- 11
- article number
- 1156
- publisher
- MDPI AG
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85120702304
- ISSN
- 2073-445X
- DOI
- 10.3390/land10111156
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors.
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- 089f31b4-8f8b-4118-9ffa-4741fe0294e7
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author = {{Nordström, Jonas and Hammarlund, Cecilia}},
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language = {{eng}},
month = {{11}},
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publisher = {{MDPI AG}},
series = {{Land}},
title = {{You win some, you lose some : Compensating the loss of green space in cities considering heterogeneous population characteristics}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10111156}},
doi = {{10.3390/land10111156}},
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