Landscapes and Services in Peri-Urban Areas and Choice of Housing Location: An Application of Discrete Choice Experiments

Biancamaria Torquati, Giulia Giacchè and Tiziano Tempesta
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Biancamaria Torquati: Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy
Giulia Giacchè: Research office Expert in Urban Agriculture (EXP’AU), AgroParisTech, 16 rue Claude Bernard, 75231 Paris, France
Tiziano Tempesta: Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Agripolis - Viale dell’ Università, 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy

Land, 2020, vol. 9, issue 10, 1-21

Abstract: The recent decades have witnessed a significant increase in the population in peri-urban areas which led to a progressive transformation of peri-urban landscapes, and the reduced ability of agriculture to provide ecosystem services. In order to understand the complex relationships established in peri-urban areas between reference urban centre, urban services (US) and ecosystem services (ES), with particular attention to the landscape, a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) was carried out in the transitional peri-urban areas of six municipalities located near the city of Perugia (Italy). The two main goals of this study are analysing the effect of the presence of US and ES on the demand for housing, and exploring the implications in terms of peri-urban land use policy. The results highlight that the availability of some ES can have a significant impact on choice of housing location.

Keywords: peri-urban areas; peri-urban landscape; urban services; ecosystem services; discrete choice experiment; housing location (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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