Geographical Stratification of Green Urban Areas

Pierre Picard and Thi Thu Huyen Tran ()
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Thi Thu Huyen Tran: Department of Finance, Université du Luxembourg

DEM Discussion Paper Series from Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg

Abstract: (To consult this DP, please send an e-mail to dem@uni.lu) This paper studies the provision of urban green areas in cities when residents have preferences for the size of and access to those areas. At the optimum, the number of urban green spaces is a non-monotone function of distance to the city centre, while the sizes and distances to other urban green areas increase as one moves to the urban fringe. This paper empirically investigates those properties for the 300 largest European cities by using the GMES Urban Atlas database (European Environmental Agency). The empirical analysis confirms the non-monotone relationship between the number of urban green spaces and the distance to the city centre. The distance between two parks also increases as one moves toward the urban fringe. Finally, richer cities are associated with a denser network of urban green areas.

Keywords: Urban green spaces; urban spatial structure; land use policy; amenities; optimal locations; mono-centric models; open space; public facilities. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 D61 D62 R14 R53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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