Promoting urban greening: Valuing the development of green infrastructure investments in the urban core of Manchester, UK

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 296-306

  Mell, Ian C ^a   Henneberry, John ^b   Hehl Lange, Sigrid ^b   Keskin, Berna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Green investment; Urban greening; Urban planning; Urban trees

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; LANDSCAPE; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLICY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84881544045     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Atkinson G., Mourato S., Szymanski S., Ozdemiroglu E. Are We Willing to Pay Enough to 'Back the Bid'?: Valuing the Intangible Impacts of London's Bid to Host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Urban Studies 2008, 45(2):419-444.
2. Bateman I.J., Carson R.T., Day B., Hanemann M., Hanley N., Hett H., Jones-Lee M., Loomes G., Mourato S., Ozdemiroglu E., Pearce D.W., Sugden R., Swanson J. Economic Valuation with Stated Preference Techniques: A Manual 2002, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
3. Beatley T. Green Urbanism: Learning from European Cities 2000, Island Press, Washington, DC.
4. Benedict M.A., McMahon E.D. Green infrastructure: smart conservation for the 21st century. Renewable Resources Journal 2002, 20(3):12-17.
5. Benedict M.A., McMahon E.D. Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities 2006, Island Press, Washington, DC.
6. Brown G., Raymond C. The relationship between place attachment and landscape values: towards mapping place attachment. Applied Geography 2007, 27:89-111.
7. CABE Space Green Space Strategies: A Good Practice Guide 2004, CABE Space, London.
8. CABE Space Does Money Grow on Trees? 2006, CABE Space, London.
9. CoE (Council of Europe) Draft Guidelines for Implementation of the European Landscape Convention, T-FLOR (2007) 8 2007, Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
10. Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) National Planning Policy Framework 2012, HM Stationary Office, London.
11. Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) The Natural Choice: Securing the Value of Nature 2011, HM Stationary Office, London.
12. European Environment Agency (EEA) Green infrastructure and territorial cohesion: The concept of green infrastructure and its integration into policies using monitoring systems. EEA Technical Report No. 18/2011 2012, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxemburg.
13. Garrod G., Pickering A., Willis K. The economic value of botanic gardens: a recreational perspective. Geoforum 1993, 24(2):215-224.
14. Gensler, Urban Land Institute Open Space: An Asset without a Champion 2011, Urban Land Institute, Washington, DC.
15. Gill S.E., Handley J.F., Ennos A.R., Pauleit S. Adapting cities for climate change: the role of green infrastructure. Climate Change and Cities 2007, 33(1):115-133.
16. Greed C. Planning for sustainable urban areas or every day life and inclusion. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning 2011, 164(DP2):107-119.
17. Greenspace Project Team Greenspaces - Final Report 2005, Retrieved from, (August 5). http://www.ucd.ie/greensp/docs/final1.pdf.
18. Hebbert M. Re-enclosure of the urban picturesque: green-space transformations in postmodern urbanism. Town Planning Review 2008, 79(1):31-59.
19. Horwood K. Green infrastructure: reconciling urban green space and regional economic development: lessons learnt from experience in England's north-west region. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability 2011, 16(10):963-975.
20. Irwin E.G. The effects of open space on residential property values. Land Economics 2002, 78(4):465-480.
21. Jim C.Y., Chen W.Y. Recreation-amenity use and contingent valuation of urban greenspaces in Guangzhou, China. Landscape and Urban Planning 2006, 75(1-2):81-96.
22. Kambites C., Owen S. Renewed prospects for green infrastructure planning in the UK. Planning Practice and Research 2006, 21(4):483-496.
23. Laing R., Davies A.-M., Scott S. Combining visualization with choice experiment in the built environment. Visualization in Landscape and Environmental Planning. Technology and Application 2005, 212-219. Taylor and Francis, London/New York. I. Bishop, E. Lange (Eds.).
24. Lorenzo A.B., Blanche C.A., Qi Y., Guidry M.M. Assessing residents' willingness to pay to preserve the community urban forest: a small-city case study. Journal of Arboriculture 2000, 26(6):319-325.
25. Manchester City Council (MCC) Council Tax: Your Services Explained 2011, Manchester City Council, Manchester.
26. Mell I.C. Can Green Infrastructure promote urban sustainability?. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability 2009, 162(ES1):23-34.
27. Mell I.C. Green Infrastructure: Concepts, Perceptions and Its Use in Spatial Planning 2010, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, (Ph.D. thesis).
28. Mell I.C., Keskin B., Hehl-Lange S., Henneberry J. Valuing Attractive Landscapes in the Urban Economy: Action 4.2 Case Study Report - Street Tree Investments on Whitworth Street 2012, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, Manchester.
29. Mell I.C., Keskin B., Hehl-Lange S., Henneberry J. Action 4.2 Level II Report: A Contingent Valuation of Green Investments in The Wicker Riverside 2012, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, Sheffield.
30. Mell I.C. Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? Examining the 'green' of Green Infrastructure Development. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability 2013, 18(2):152-166.
31. Natural England and Landuse Consultants Green Infrastructure Guidance. Natural England, NE176 2009, Natural England, Peterborough.
32. O'Garra T., Mourato S., Garrity L., Schmidt P., Beerenwinkel A., Altmann M., Hart D., Graesel C., Whitehouse S. Is the public willing to pay for hydrogen buses? A comparative study of preferences in four cities. Energy Policy 2007, 35:3630-3642.
33. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) Enhancing Urban Green Space 2006, National Audit Office - The Stationary Office, London.
34. Peper P.J., McPherson E.G., Simpson J.R., Gardner S.L., Vargas K.E., Xiao Q. City of New York municipal forest resource assessment 2007, InternalTech. Rep. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis, CA.
35. Proshansky H.M. The city and self-identity. Environment and Behavior 1978, 10:147-169.
36. Scarpa R., Hutchinson W.G., Chilton S.M., Biongiorno J. Importance of forest attributes in the willingness to pay for recreation: a contingent valuation study of Irish forests. Forest Policy and Economics 2000, 1:315-329.
37. Soares A.L., Rego F.C., McPherson E.G., Simpson J.R., Peper P.J., Xiao Q. Benefits and costs of street trees in Lisbon, Portugal. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 2011, 10:69-78.
38. Stenger A., Harou P., Navrud S. Valuing environmental goods and service derived from woods. Journal of Forest Economics 2009, 15:1-14.
39. Stringer P. Work Package 4, Action 4.1 - Report on Focus Group Interviews in Manchester 2010, Community Forest North-West, Oxford Road, Salford.
40. Todorova A., Asakawa S., Aikoh T. Preferences for and attitudes towards street flowers and trees in Sapporo, Japan. Landscape and Urban Planning 2004, 69:403-416.
41. Tuan Y.-F. Topophilia 1974, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
42. Tyrväinen L. Economic valuation of urban forest benefits in Finland. Journal of Environmental Management 2001, 62:75-92.
43. Tyrväinen L., Väänänen H. The economic value of urban forest amenities: an application of the contingent valuation method. Landscape and Urban Planning 1998, 43:105-118.
44. Underwood J.G. Combining landscape-level conservation planning and biodiversity offset programs: a case study. Environmental Management 2011, 47:121-129.
45. UNEP-WCMC The UK National Ecosystem Assessment: Synthesis of the Key Findings 2011, UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge.
46. Willis K.G., Garrod G.D. Assessing the value of future landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning 1992, 23:17-32.
47. Wilson O., Hughes O. Urban green space policy and discourse in England under new labour from 1997 to 2010. Planning Practice and Research 2011, 26(2):207-228.
48. Winter C., Lockwood M. The natural area value scale: a new instrument for measuring natural area values. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 2004, 11(1):11-20.