University of Tasmania
Browse

File(s) under permanent embargo

Public attitudes towards urban nature

chapter
posted on 2023-05-22, 18:56 authored by Derkzen, M, Jason ByrneJason Byrne
This chapter argues that the way people experience and interact with nature is a quintessential part of the urban experience. Green infrastructure refers to the of green spaces, water and built systems, e.g. forests, wetlands, parks, green roofs and walls that together can contribute to ecosystem resilience and human benefits ecosystem services’. A ‘measure of worth’ indicates that the value of urban nature is quantifiable, and indeed many studies attempt to put a value on nature – which is deemed important for policy uptake in particular. Monetary valuation that asks people about the value of urban nature, i.e. not inferring value from market behavior such as housing prices, involves methods to measure people’s willingness to pay for a specific natural good or service. Rotterdam in the Netherlands is keen to transform itself into a climate-proof city. Residents considered the air purification function of urban nature as most important, followed by flood protection, carbon storage, recreation, cooling and noise reduction.

History

Publication title

The Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology

Edition

2nd

Editors

I Douglas, PML Anderson, D Goode, MC Houck, D Maddox, H Nagendra & PY Tan

Pagination

649-660

ISBN

9781138581357

Department/School

School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences

Publisher

Routledge

Place of publication

United Kingdom

Extent

80

Rights statement

Copyright 2020 Routledge

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Urban planning; Environmental ethics; Land policy

Usage metrics

    University Of Tasmania

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC