Resource description:
Guidelines (including a toolkit) for assessing the value of the ecosystem services provided by natural areas/green infrastructure in suburban locations.
Author/Contact:
TURAS
Expert contact: Aleksandar Slaev
Advantages:
- The first step towards the establishment of a relevant regime of use is to assess the value of resources, and to this end, a system of payments for natural resources is the most efficient way to regulate their consumption. Among the variety of ways to ass
- This tool focuses on: institutional sustainability, economic sustainability , ecological sustainability.
- Main outcomes: economic benefit, process innovation, physical improvements.
Constraints:
- Suburbanization and urban sprawl are typical patterns of growing European cities. Whereas the growth of cities is principally a powerful positive trend, urban expansion is associated with various negative trends. This is due to urban sprawl is characteriz
Uses of this resource:
The main reason for the overconsumption of the above-mentioned resources (natural land, greenery, landscapes, environment, biodiversity, and agricultural land) is that natural amenities in suburban areas are underpriced or unpriced, mainly because natural amenities are open-source resources. To solve such a problem, the establishment of public property rights and a relevant regime of use is essential.
Additional information:
WHO SHOULD BE INVOLVED?
FACILITATORY (PUBLIC) BODIES:
planning and development department; socio-economic development department; land use planning department; environmental and sustainability department; green spaces department; policy development department
LOCAL TASK FORCE:
local or regional authority; professional expert
SUITABLE FOR:
urban region; urban-rural interface
MAIN NECESSARY RESOURCES ARE:
public institutional set-up; legal legitimisation; expert knowledge
Licence:
- Free, no licence
Development stage:
- Full, working product