The Application of Visual Environmental Economics in the Study of Public Preference and Urban Greenspace

Richard Laing, Anne-Marie Davies, David Miller, Anna Conniff, Stephen Scott and Jane Morrice
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David Miller: The Macaulay Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, Scotland
Jane Morrice: The Macaulay Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, Scotland

Environment and Planning B, 2009, vol. 36, issue 2, 355-375

Abstract: Urban greenspace has consistently been argued to be of great importance to the wellbeing, health, and daily lives of residents and users. This paper reports results from a study that combined the visualisation of public results from a study that combined the visualisation of public greenspace with environmental economics, and that aimed to develop a method by which realistic computer models of sites could be used within preference studies. As part of a methodology that employed contingent rating to establish the values placed on specific greenspace sites, three-dimensional computer models were used to produce visualisations of particular environmental conditions. Of particular importance to the study was the influence of variables including lighting, season, time of day, and weather on the perception of respondents. This study followed previous work that established a suitable approach to the modelling and testing of entirely moveable physical variables within the built environment. As such, the study has established firmly that computer-generated visualisations are appropriate for use within environmental economic surveys, and that there is potential for a holistic range of attributes to be included in such studies.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1068/b33140

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