The Value of a Suburban Forest Preserve: Estimates from Sales of Vacant Residential Building Lots

By Paul Thorsnes. Land Economics, 2002

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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The value of urban tree cover: A hedonic property price model in Ramsey and Dakota Counties, Minnesota, USA (2010, unknown): “For example, a study conducted in the area near Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA found that housing lots that directly bordered a forest preserve were sold for 19%–35% higher prices than other lots (Thorsnes, 2002).”
How Do You Measure Distance in Spatial Models? An Example Using Open-Space Valuation (2010, background): “…(Loomis and Feldman, 2003; Luttik, 2000; Orr and Pickens, 2003), forests and trees (Garrod and Willis, 1992; Luttik, 2000; Mansfield et al, 2005; Thorsnes, 2002; Tyrvainen and Miettinen, 2000), views (Bastian et al, 2002; Benson et al, 1998; Bourassa et al, 2004; Lake et al, 2000; Paterson and…”
The Amenity Value of English Nature: A Hedonic Price Approach (2014, unknown): “…Linneman, 1998), wetlands (Doss and Taff, 1996; Mahan, Polasky, and Adams, 2000), forests (Garrod and Willis, 1992; Tyrvainen and Miettinen, 2000; Thorsnes, 2002), beaches (Landry and Hindsley, 2011), agricultural activities (Le Goffe 2000), nature views (Benson et al., 1998; Patterson & Boyle,…”
What's in a View? (2004, unknown): “Also, Thorsnes (2002) found that building lots that border forest preserves sold at premiums of 19% to 35%.”
Landscape amenities and local development: a review of migration, regional economic and hedonic pricing studies (2010, background): “Positive effects were found for urban forests (Luttik, 2000; Mansfield et al., 2005; Netusil, 2005; Poudyal et al., 2009; Tyrväinen and Miettinen, 2000) or forest preserves (Thorsnes, 2002).”
The value of views and open space: estimates from a hedonic pricing model for Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA. (2009, background): “For example, in the case of open space, benefits valued by homeowners include access to recreational space and increased scenery and wildlife viewing opportunities (Thorsnes, 2002).”
Spatial configurations in a periurban city. A cellular automata-based microeconomic model (2007, methodology): “For example, Thorsnes (2002) showed that in the Grand Rapids region (Michigan) the land adjacent to a forest had a greater value by between 19 and 35% than land further away, but without a premium for houses located on the other side of the road.”
Preferences for urban green spaces and peri-urban forests: An analysis of stated residential choices (2016, methodology): “This includes hedonic studes showing that house and land prices rise with proximity to forests e.g., Mansfield et al., 2005; Thorsnes, 2002; Tyrvainen & Miettinen, 000), or increase with the proportion of forest land in the region Hand, Thacher, McCollum, and Berrens, 2008), and that access to rban…”