Leeuwen, E. van (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Econometrie (Free University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics Sciences, Business Administration and Economitrics) Rodenburg, C. Nijkamp, P.
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Urban sustainability comprises a variety of quality-of-life aspects, such as meeting human needs, protecting natural capital at local, regional and national levels, and ensuring that human activities or values are sustained. This paper aims to highlight the intricate relationship between urban sustainability and urban green; it offers a functional typology of urban green spaces that forms basis for determining relevant assessment criteria and indicators that are crucial for the evaluation and management of existing urban geen facilities, mainly from an economic point of view. These indicators are subdivided into four dimensions: the socio-economic dimension, the environmental dimension, the merit dimension and the financial dimension. This theoretical framework will be used for a socio-economic assessment of the quality and availability of green space in a sample of Dutch cities. To identify structural patterns in the empirical data base of these cities, factor-analytic methods methods will be deployed to represent common elements in the multidimensional information gathered by means of questionnaires and through statistical analysis. Policy-relevant conclusions will be drawn from this information as well.
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Paper provided by VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics in its series Serie Research Memoranda with number
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