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1497: Economic evidence for investing in the environment
This paper provides a brief overview of the Natural England Research Report NERR033 ‘Microeconomic Evidence for the Benefits of Investment in the Environment – review’. Future papers will summarise different sections in more detail.
Year of Publication2012
There are many examples where green infrastructure offers much better value for public investment than the alternative, for example natural water filtration and natural flood defence. Natural climate control is much cheaper than the air-conditioning (or heating) it replaces. Natural air filtering is likely to be efficient compared to technical alternatives, particularly as trees provide so many other benefits. Access to greenspace and the promotion of active travel are extremely cost-effective ways to address Mental and physical ill-health.
This item is categorised as follows
- Subject Collection > Environmental impact > Landscape
- Subject Collection > Tourism & recreation > Outdoor recreation
- Subject Collection > Environmental impact > Wastes management & pollution control
- Subject Collection > Environmental impact > Wildlife & biodiversity
- Subject Collection > Tourism & recreation > Access to the countryside
- Subject Collection > Tourism & recreation
- Subject Collection > Environmental impact > Managing land for environmental benefit
- Subject Collection > Rural policy & development > Economic development
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