With rapid urban expansion and loss of open space, attractive local landscapes will continue
to gain importance in location decisions and on political agendas. The present study reviews …

Cemeteries are often seen as monofunctional spaces for burial and mourning and, within
the dynamically changing urban fabric, as a planning conundrum. Long periods of stability …

Green spaces provide various kinds of ecosystem service functions. Though some of them,
such as the carbon-sinking and biodiversity preservation functions are of value to everyone …

Economic valuation of the amenities of urban open spaces will lend support to urban
planning and development. In the absence of an explicit market for these amenities, the …

The review of 33 studies generally confirmed findings from a 2001 review: House values
rose as proximity to a park increased; properties immediately adjacent to a park sometimes …

Effective urban planning depends on knowing homebuyers' preferences for neighbourhood
features that provide different amenities, such as managed parks and trees. As the …

This research examines the housing market before and after abandoned railways are
converted into greenways. Two different hedonic pricing models are employed to analyze …

The uncontrolled development of built-up areas determines the inclusion of peripheral and
ex-urban land uses inside the settlements. In the present study, we investigated the …

Over the past several decades the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched
a'Cultural Transformation Initiative'aimed at addressing racial discrimination. Yet recent work …

Several recent regional and migration studies have identified landscape amenities as
potentially important drivers of migration and local economic change in the United States. To …