1. An Economic Ecosystem Services
Valuation Embraced within a
Community Based Planning
Evelyne Lord-Tarte, SEGEFA, ULg
Under the supervision of Guénaël Devillet
International Conference of Territorial Intelligence
Roscoff, France
May 2014

2. Agenda
o Brief overview of the GIFT-T!
methodology
o Case study valuation:
o The Hoo Peninsula
o Diegem/Brussels airport region

3. What is GIFT-T and its methodology?

4. GIFT-T!
Green Infrastructure for Tomorrow -Together!
In order to:
Increase the pace of planning prosperous, green and socially
engaged regions
We intend to:
Improve green infrastructure
Based on:
A shared vision of regional shareholders (communities, businesses
and administrative bodies) for the area’s cohesion and growth

6. Interpret GIFT-T ambitions into valuation procedure
• Different stage of progress in GIFT-T cases
Common vision Scenarios
WP2 WP3 WP4
Business Plan
• Preference
elicitation
• Added values• Economic values
• Multiple value
attributes
Valuation
Stakeholder involvement

9. How was the method applied ?

10. Selecting valuation approaches
• Scale
• Stakeholder involvement
• Time constraints
• Valuation stage/ the role of valuation in the planning
process

11. Hoo Peninsula: context
• The Hoo Peninsula is threatened by the construction of the Thames
Estuary Airport.
• The purpose of the case study is to engage all stakeholders of the
Peninsula within a common project, as an alternative to the airport: from its
planning to its delivery and management
• The case study leader organised “community conversations” which intend
to capture the desires and needs of the community. The valuation has
been based on results from these meetings.

12. The Hoo Peninsula:
Who has been interviewed?
Local authorities
Visitors
Community groups
Residents

13. How were they interviewed?
Data collection method
• Onsite data collection (visitors)
• Door-to-door data collection (residents)
• Fixed appointments (local authorities, community
groups)
Face-to-face
• Online questionnaires designed for organisations
members and residents of the case study
• It purpose is to complement the face-to-face data
collection; people may fill the questionnaire at a
convenient time for them
• Once developed, less human resources are required
to collect data
Online
questionnaire

14. Main focus of the valuation
1. Stakeholders relationship with the green infrastructure:
perceptions and behaviours, for instance:
• Importance of GI
• Purpose of visits
• Frequency of visits
• Identified issues of the GI
• Favourite spots and why

15. 2. Economic valuation
• Travel cost method
Attractiveness of the GI
• Choice between 3 scenario designed
based on community conversations
• Themes of scenarios: agriculture, energy
production, recreation
Choice modelling
Main focus of the valuation

16. Diegem/Brussels Airport region: context
• The case study is highly urbanised
• Many types of stakeholders are sharing a relatively small
area: employees, joggers, bikers, nature lovers, people in
search for some peace and quiet, business people
• Strong importance of businesses (many large ones) and
farmers (generally land owners)
• VLM has already develop the planning of this area based on
a participative approach. Together with all stakeholders of
the area, they want to validate this vision and promote
engagement for GI improvement

17. Who has been interviewed?
Organisation
members
Users
Residents
Farmers

18. Data collection method
• Onsite data collection (users)
• Door-to-door data collection (residents)
• Fixed appointments (farmers)
• Participation to corporate events (organisations)
Face-to-face
• Online questionnaires designed for organisations
members and residents of the case study
• It purpose is to complement the face-to-face data
collection; people may fill the questionnaire at a
convenient time for them
• Once developed, less human resources are
required to collect data
Online
questionnaire

19. Main focus of the valuation
1. Stakeholders relationship with the green infrastructure:
perceptions and behaviours, for instance:
• Importance of GI
• Purpose of visits
• Frequency of visits
• Identified issues of the GI
• Favourite spots and why
2. Scenario preferences
• Lists of actions from the VLM planning – to support

20. 3. Economic value of the green infrastructure: recreational value
• Cost of time (adaptation from travel cost method)
Attractiveness of the GI
• Avoid cost
Transportation savings cost by
commuting to work by bicycle
• Avoid cost
Influence of exercise in GI on health
Main focus of the valuation

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