RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Value of Naturalness of Urban Green Spaces: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 062321-0072R1
DO 10.3368/le.99.4.062321-0072R1
A1 Julia Bronnmann
A1 Veronika Liebelt
A1 Fabian Marder
A1 Jasper Meya
A1 Martin Quaas
YR 2023
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/early/2023/02/17/le.99.4.062321-0072R1.abstract
AB The range of benefits for humans and biodiversity conservation provided by urban green spaces (UGS) receives substantial attention in relation to urban planning and management. However, little is known about the value of nature in UGS. We developed a graphical measurement scale for the naturalness of UGS, with 5 steps between largely sealed and largely wilderness, which was embedded in an online survey and a discrete choice experiment. Using mixed logit models, we find that German citizens have a mean willingness to pay of €20.25 per month for an increase in the naturalness of the closest UGS by one step.