Paper
Green-space in Urban Areas: Evaluation of Ficiency of Public Spending for Management of Green Urban Areas
- Authors:
- Roberto Fratini; Enrico Marone
- Abstract
- Green spaces are often intended to support urban populations’ quality of life, they have to be considered in connection with the places where people live and in a way that reflects their point of view. The most important aspect to consider is “functional level”, intended: as green space inside and outside the city that are not substitutes for each other and both are perceived in different ways. Urban greening should be evaluated in relation to the relevant functional scales, ranging from street to city level. An important problem is the restricted economic situation of urban administrations. There is less money for an increased number of management objectives due to more intense use of urban forests, parks or green spaces in general. (Moll et al., 1995; Ware, 1994)The functional classification of green areas constitutes the first indispensable step for planning and for a better use of green areas. It’s important to obtain such a goal through a detailed description of all green spaces, their characteristics and space development. Moreover, it is necessary to know the agronomic requirements, the pathological emergencies of this green patrimony. Finally, it is important to determine the costs and benefits of technical interventions. Normally the costs of maintenance are readily calculated and conspicuous. But the benefits provide are spread over many areas, making them hard to quantify and easy to overlook. Therefore it would be necessary to create a data- base that documents public green areas, playgrounds and tree stocks. This paper presents a case for the town of Florence (Italy) where we analyse the public funding and financial aspects of the maintenance operations and management oftwo investigated areas.
- Keywords
- Urban green areas, economic value of parks, costs of green maintenance, urban green management
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