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The value of urban open space: Meta-analyses of contingent valuation and hedonic pricing results
Luke Brander,Mark J. Koetse +1 more
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Using a multi-level modelling approach, it is found that there is a positive and significant relationship between the value of urban open space and population density, indicating that scarcity and crowdedness matter, and that thevalue of open space does not vary significantly with income.About:
This article is published in Journal of Environmental Management.The article was published on 2011-10-01. It has received 315 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Urban open space & Contingent valuation.read more
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Urban green space, public health, and environmental justice: The challenge of making cities ‘just green enough’
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the Anglo-American literature on urban green space, especially parks, and compared efforts to green US and Chinese cities and found that the distribution of such space often disproportionately benefits predominantly white and more affluent communities.
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Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units
Rudolf de Groot,Luke Brander,Sander van der Ploeg,Robert Costanza,Florence Bernard,Leon Braat,Michael Christie,Neville D. Crossman,Andrea Ghermandi,Lars Hein,Salman Hussain,Pushpam Kumar,Alistair McVittie,Rosimeiry Portela,Luis C. Rodriguez,Patrick ten Brink,Pieter van Beukering +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented an overview of the value of ecosystem services of 10 main biomes expressed in monetary units and showed that most of this value is outside the market and best considered as nontradable public benefits.
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Classifying and valuing ecosystem services for urban planning
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize knowledge and methods to classify and value ecosystem services for urban planning and identify analytical challenges for valuation to inform urban planning in the face of high heterogeneity and fragmentation characterizing urban ecosystems.
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Mapping ecosystem services for policy support and decision making in the European Union
Joachim Maes,Benis N. Egoh,Louise Willemen,Camino Liquete,Petteri Vihervaara,Jan Philipp Schägner,Bruna Grizzetti,Evangelia G. Drakou,Alessandra La Notte,Grazia Zulian,Fayçal Bouraoui,Maria Luisa Paracchini,Leon Braat,Giovanni Bidoglio +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a methodological framework for mapping and assessing ecosystems and their services at European scale, using the water purification service as a case and using functional traits to map ecosystem services.
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Biodiversity in the city: key challenges for urban green space management
Myla F. J. Aronson,Christopher A. Lepczyk,Karl L. Evans,Mark A. Goddard,Susannah B. Lerman,Susannah B. Lerman,J. Scott MacIvor,Charles H. Nilon,Timothy L. Vargo +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify major challenges to managing biodiversity in urban green spaces and important topics warranting further investigation, including governance, economics, social networks, multiple stakeholders, individual preferences, and social constraints.
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Methods of Meta-Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in Research Findings
John E. Hunter,Frank L. Schmidt +1 more
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The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values : Theory and Methods
TL;DR: The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values as mentioned in this paper provides an introduction to the principal methods and techniques of resource and environmental valuation to professional economists and graduate students who are not directly engaged in the field.
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The Interpretation of Dummy Variables in Semilogarithmic Equations
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Consumer's Surplus Without Apology
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