An Integrative Approach to Value‐Added Planning: From Community Needs to Local Authority Revenue

Abstract

The concept of value-added planning (as part of the Valuing Attractive Landscapes in the Urban Economy, INTERREG IVB North West Europe Project) is introduced in this paper to facilitate integrative planning, focusing on the benefits that use and non-use green spaces can provide to an urban area. The aim is to stress the need to plan for, and protect, green spaces in urban areas by determining the economic values connected to the green spaces and relate that values to community benefit and local authority revenue. The paper identifies tools that can be used to determine the economic value of green spaces based on the environmental, social, and economic benefits. The first section (value) refers to the social value of green spaces as determined from the public perspective and introduces the workbench method as a tool to assist with participatory planning and capturing of the social benefits of green spaces. The second section (added) refers to the environmental benefits of green spaces and, by means of the Green Credit Tool, introduces ways to ensure the protection of the green resources in an area. The final section (planning) refers to the economic benefit of green space, bringing use values and non-use values of green spaces together. The paper concludes with an integrative framework for value-added planning, incorporating all the tools presented in the paper, capturing the social, environmental, and economic benefits of green spaces and relating it to community benefit and local authority revenue. Elizelle Juaneé Cilliers is an International Researcher for the

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“…UGSs may also include more informal, residual and seemingly abandoned areas, similar to vacant lots, spaces along and under freeways, railways and side streets, sidewalks and derelict properties. Green land uses in urban areas have been studied extensively for their contributions to urban quality of life [1,2,5,15], as part of urban green infrastructure [15].…”

“…Ecosystem services refer to the benefits people derive from any form of ecosystem functions delivered by UGSs (urban green spaces) that have a positive impact on human wellbeing [2]. Ecosystem services may be classified according to two broad categories, distinguishing between direct and indirect benefits [1,5]. Direct benefits include environmental and social benefits or services, whereas indirect benefits refer to economic benefits ( It is imperative that the different categories of UGS and types of ecosystem services and benefits green spaces provide, are well understood and communicated in aid of UGS protection and advancement [1].…”

“…Ecosystem services may be classified according to two broad categories, distinguishing between direct and indirect benefits [1,5]. Direct benefits include environmental and social benefits or services, whereas indirect benefits refer to economic benefits ( It is imperative that the different categories of UGS and types of ecosystem services and benefits green spaces provide, are well understood and communicated in aid of UGS protection and advancement [1]. A case study in Johannesburg, one of the fastest growing cities in Africa, determined that cities and towns are in desperate need of green planning strategies which are only possible when ecosystem services are recognised in city budgeting and accounting systems and when the "ecological economy" is integrated in urban planning processes [16].…”

“…Urban development often occurs at the expense of urban green spaces (UGSs), separating urbanites from nature [1] and depriving them of the various social and environmental benefits, also known as ecosystem services, that UGSs provide [2][3][4]. Importantly, UGSs also deliver certain economic benefits.…”

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