The economics of native plants in residential landscape designs

Helfand, Gloria E.; Park, Joon Sik; Nassauer, Joan Iverson; Kosek, Sandra E.

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.08.001

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“…And this may be an effect of the research areas used in other studies exhibiting greater heterogeneity than the relatively homogeneous components of the Vistula lakes, which were all formed by the same change in management of the river. Making information on green areas fully accessible to the public could change the perception and ecological awareness of green infrastructure users [65,78]. In the long term, the promotion of and education about green areas to residents, can form the basis for an increase in their use, with associated benefits for the health and well-being of the individual city dwellers.…”

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High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

2017

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Urban lakes, especially those of natural origin, provide ecosystem services, recreation being one of the most important and highly valued by city dwellers. Fulfilling the needs of city residents to relax and have contact with nature has become a priority in urbanized areas and has been proven to positively affect people's health and well-being. The recreational potential of water bodies was identified to be the most important aspect of ecosystem services to the residents of the neighboring areas. An assessment of recreational ecosystem services (RES) provisioning to society based on the real time spent by the citizens and housing values in the urban-rural gradient revealed that the economic benefits of lakes differ in urbanized, suburban and rural landscapes. The growth of cities has led to an increased population density in the surroundings of ecologically valuable areas, resulting in higher pressure from visitors seeking recreational areas. Along with urbanization, the impoverishment of ecosystem functions takes place, limiting their capability to provide ecosystem services. In this work, the provisioning of recreational ecosystem services of 28 floodplain lakes located along the urban-rural gradient of the Warsaw agglomeration was assessed. The relationship between the ecological value of the water bodies, measured using naturalness indices, and the recreational ecosystem services they can provide was assessed. The results showed that the floodplain lakes located along the urban-rural gradient are of great importance to the citizens due to their recreational potential. The provisioning of recreational ecosystem services is poorly connected with the ecological characteristics of the floodplain lakes. Only hemeroby was significantly correlated with provisioning, and there was no relationship with factors such as naturalness of vegetation or water quality, demonstrating that public preference was not generally influenced by high ecological quality. These data should be available to potential buyers and be integrated in spatial planning management plans in order to shape future housing policy.

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High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

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“…Such conditions lead housing residents to participate for procurement and maintenance of the facilities including landscape elements in the residential area. This notion is confirmed by Helfand, Park, Nassauer & Kosek, (2006) in their research that housing occupants in Michigan have willingness to pay in order to get better environment through the procurement of native plants.…”

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Analysis of Landscape Elements That Affect Property Value Based on the Perception of Housing Residents in Surabaya

Wibisono

Kwanda

Anastasia

2017

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This research is done to determine landscape elements that affect property value based on housing residents' perception in Surabaya residential areas. The landscape elements that used in this research are natural elements such as vegetation and soil; and man-made element such as garden statue, road pattern, road width and hierarchy, park and plant, artificial lake, and road equipment. Purposive sampling technique is used to represent respondents in the residential areas that provide landscape elements in East and West Surabaya. Data analysis technique uses validity and reliability test, analysis factor, binary logistic regression, and the average of variable test. The result shows that majority of the residents of East Surabaya and West Surabaya residential areas approved that landscape consist of park and plant, road width and hierarchies, and road pattern affect their residential property values. The residents are also willing to contribute about 7.4% of their house price to improve the appearance of the residential landscape.

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“…and this may be an effect of the research areas used in other studies exhibiting greater heterogeneity in than the relatively homogeneous components of the Vistula lakes, which were all formed by the same change in management of the river. Making information on green areas fully accessible to the public could change the perception and ecological awareness of green infrastructure users [65,78]. In the long term, the promotion of and education about green areas to residents, can form the basis for an increase in their use, with associated benefits for the health and well-being of the individual city dwellers.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

Sikorska¹,

Sikorski²,

Hopkins³

2017

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Urban lakes, especially those of natural origin, provide ecosystem services, recreation being one of the most important and highly valued by the city dwellers. Fulfilling the needs of city residents to relax and have contact with nature has become a priority in urbanized areas and has been proved to positively affect people's health and well-being. The recreational potential of water bodies was identified to be most important aspect of ecosystem services to the residents of the neighboring areas. An assessment of recreational ecosystem services (RES) provisioning to society based on the real time spent by the citizens and housing values in the rural-urban gradient revealed that the economic benefits of lakes differ in urbanized, suburban and rural landscapes. The growth of cities has led to an increased population density in the surroundings of ecologically valuable areas, resulting in higher pressure from visitors seeking recreational areas. Along with urbanization, the impoverishment of ecosystem functions takes place, limiting their capability to provide ecosystem services. In this work provisioning of recreational ecosystem services of 28 floodplain lakes located along the urban-rural gradient of the Warsaw agglomeration was assessed. The relationship between the ecological value of the water bodies, measured using naturalness indices, and the recreational ecosystem services they can provide was assessed. The results showed that the floodplain lakes located along the urban-rural gradient are of a great importance to the citizens due to their recreational potential. The provisioning of recreational ecosystem services is poorly connected with the ecological characteristics of the floodplain lakes. Only hemeroby, was significantly correlated with provisioning, and there was no relationship with factors such as naturalness of vegetation or water quality, demonstrating that public preference was not generally influenced by high ecological quality. These data should be available to potential buyers and be integrated in spatial planning management plans in order to shape future housing policy.

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The economics of native plants in residential landscape designs

Cited by 102 publications

References 18 publications

High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

Analysis of Landscape Elements That Affect Property Value Based on the Perception of Housing Residents in Surabaya

High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

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