The role of green roofs in post COVID-19 confinement: An analysis of willingness to pay

Manso, Maria; Sousa, Vítor; Silva, Cristina Matos; Cruz, Carlos Oliveira

doi:10.1016/j.jobe.2021.103388

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“…Therefore, government financial support combined with residential stormwater fees might be a potential solution for the maintenance of GI in existing and future sponge city initiatives in China. In addition, due to COVID-19, citizens were confined to their dwellings or communities; a survey of citizens living in 35 different countries showed that respondents missed having a garden during the confinement and the outdoor space value increased after the confinement, and the WTP for an accessible green roof increased [35]. This may increase the WTP for GI maintenance.…”

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Willingness to Pay for the Maintenance of Green Infrastructure in Six Chinese Pilot Sponge Cities

Qiao

Randrup

2022

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Due to the increasingly devastating impact of pluvial flooding on human beings’ lives and properties in cities, the use of green infrastructure to manage stormwater onsite is becoming more popular worldwide. The maintenance of green infrastructure to ensure its function has become one of the most pressing tasks facing policy makers. However, there is limited research regarding the willingness to pay the stormwater fee as a form of maintenance funding. This study utilized contingent valuation data obtained from a survey of 1101 respondents living in six pilot sponge cities in China to estimate the willingness to pay for the green infrastructure maintenance. The findings indicated that two-thirds of all respondents were willing to pay, 17% would like to pay around 6–10 RMB/month (0.95–1.59 US dollars/month), and 17.8% would like to pay more than 20 RMB/month (3.2 US dollars/month). The educational level and age of the respondents were significant determinants of the probability of willingness to pay and the amount they would like to pay. Knowledge of the concept of sponge cities was another significant influencing factor for the willingness to pay, but it did not influence the amount of payment. The findings could help policy makers make better strategies regarding the maintenance of green infrastructure and its costs.

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“…Some researchers have conducted surveys on the willingness to pay (WTP) for the construction or implementation of green spaces [5,[34][35][36][37]. For the Sponge City Initiative, studies on public preferences for urban stormwater management plans, policies, design, and creation of facilities have been conducted [38][39][40][41].…”

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Willingness to Pay for the Maintenance of Green Infrastructure in Six Chinese Pilot Sponge Cities

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Randrup

2022

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“…The latest experiences with COVID pandemic and, in many places, long lasting lock-downs and restrictions have revealed need for outdoor space and green areas [36]. The study shows that willingness to pay for green roofs and possibility to access green roofs a good option to enjoy greenery close to their homes.…”

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Green spaces in housing development – buyers’ preferences

Zalejska‐Jonsson

Wilkinson

Wahlund

et al. 2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Globally, extreme weather events are occurring more often, with increased intensity due to anthropogenic climate change. For example, in July 2022, monthly average temperature in Spain was 2.7 C above average, and UK has recorded temperatures above 40 degrees for the first time. It has been proven that implementation of green spaces in cities helps to address environmental, social, and even economic problems by providing ecological services, reducing temperature, and attenuating the heat island effect, providing aesthetic enjoyment, recreational opportunities and decreased stress levels. However, green infrastructure is rarely prioritised by developers. It has been argued that, due to space constraints, green infrastructures are an inefficient land use, costly to maintain, and that there is uncertainty if green infrastructures are valued by the market. This paper reports on results from a study examining the attractiveness and the effect of green spaces on housing market customer’ perceptions. To analyse the impact of green spaces, we worked with landscape architects and residential housing developers designing a multi apartment building with a courtyard. The courtyard area was designed accordance to The Green Area Factor resulting in five courtyard designs, each with a different level of greenery. All five designs were presented in dynamic virtual views and embedded in a survey questionnaire. Maintenance costs of all five green spaces were calculated. The findings shows that greenery does effect the perceived attractiveness of residential development. Maintenance costs for the courtyards, with lowest and highest level of greenery, differ by approximately 10 percent of the total maintenance costs. These findings are applicable in the context of new housing construction and renovation projects.

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“…Además, debe considerarse que en este estudio no se analizaron los efectos de tratados comerciales y las facilidades de acceso a materiales de instalación de techos verdes, lo cual podría incidir en que las relaciones B/C aquí reportadas sean razonablemente altas en comparación a otros países. Recientemente, Manso et al (2021a) realizó una encuesta para identificar el acceso a áreas verdes en ciudadanos de 35 países durante y después de la contingencia sanitaria por la COVID-19, encontrando que el 68% de los encuestados habrían deseado tener acceso a un área verde propia dado que los parques públicos fueron cerrados. En este estudio se ha encontrado que, a pesar de un entorno económico desfavorable como la etapa Post-COVID donde prevaleció una tasa de interés y de inflación altas, la inversión en un techo verde extensivo es rentable.…”

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Análisis beneficio-costo de techos verdes extensivos en condiciones del trópico húmedo en Villahermosa, México

De la Cruz-Uribe,

Jesús-Castañeda,

Bolívar-Fuentes

et al. 2023

Ecosist. Recur. Agropec.

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El objetivo fue analizar la rentabilidad del proyecto de instalación de techos verdes extensivos en viviendas ubicadas en un clima tropical húmedo, considerando el efecto de diversos parámetros sobre la relación beneficio-costo y el periodo de recuperación de la inversión. Los beneficios ambientales se estimaron a partir del análisis de ciclo de vida, mientras que el análisis de costos unitarios permitió determinar el efecto de la disponibilidad de materiales sobre los costos de instalación. El análisis monetizó dos beneficios ambientales: el ahorro de energía eléctrica y la captura de carbono, a partir del valor presente neto de los costos de instalación, mantenimiento, desmantelamiento y disposición final. Se determinó que la relación beneficio-costo varía entre 1.1 y 3.8 con periodos de recuperaciónde 3.4 a 8.9 años, en función de la disponibilidad de materiales, los indicadores económicos, las acciones de mantenimiento y la recompensa potencial con bonos de carbono al propietario.

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The role of green roofs in post COVID-19 confinement: An analysis of willingness to pay

Cited by 11 publications

References 48 publications

Willingness to Pay for the Maintenance of Green Infrastructure in Six Chinese Pilot Sponge Cities

Willingness to Pay for the Maintenance of Green Infrastructure in Six Chinese Pilot Sponge Cities

Green spaces in housing development – buyers’ preferences

Análisis beneficio-costo de techos verdes extensivos en condiciones del trópico húmedo en Villahermosa, México

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