Research project SOSBUGS

Social benefits of urban green space (SOSBUGS)

The project at a glance

  • Start date:
    01 Jan 2015
  • Duration in months:
    57
  • Funding:
    University of Luxembourg
  • Principal Investigator(s):
    Geoffrey CARUSO
    Pierre M PICARD

About

The value of green space for people is widely reported, but knowledge gaps exist about how the spatial distribution, size and proximity of green space affect its use and valuation across different income groups. Moreover there is currently no comprehensive spatial micro-economic model that includes the complexity of interactions between green space and different household groups. These gaps must be researched in order to address the welfare optimality and equity of urban structures and green space distribution, especially since residential markets sort households by income in space, and because green space can potentially be ‘clubbed’ in some neighbourhoods. The project will contribute further understanding of the interactions between green space and households’ sorting in cities and will identify planning strategies or forms of cooperation or pricing that can lead to a higher social outcome than emerging land market equilibria.

Organisation and Partners

  • Department of Geography and Spatial Planning
  • Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE)
  • Faculty of Law Economics and Finance

Project team

  • Geoffrey CARUSO, PI
  • Pierre M PICARD, PI
  • Marion Le Texier , Project member, Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier 3 (external)
  • Mirjam Schindler, Project member, Victoria University of Wellington (external)
  • Rémi Lemoy , Project member, Université de Rouen (external)

Keywords

  • Social
  • Benefits
  • Urban

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