Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/50078 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
ESRI Working Paper No. 331
Publisher: 
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin
Abstract: 
We use a hedonic house price model to estimate the value of green spaces and parks to homeowners in the Dublin area. Using a dataset of house sales between 2001 and 2006 and combining it with available data on the location of green spaces in Dublin it is possible to assess the different values assigned to green areas by homeowners. We find that the value of green space depends first of all on how far from the property it is located. We also find a difference in the values assigned to open access parks and green spaces. For every 10% increase in the share of green space and park area near a house, its average price increases by 7% to 9%. We also attempted to identify different individual parks and rank them according to their value, however due to spatial multicollinearity the results were mixed.
Subjects: 
hedonic regression
green spaces
urban parks
Ireland
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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