Economic valuation of allotment gardens in peri-urban degraded agroecosystems: the role of citizens’ preferences in spatial planning

Albaladejo García, José Antonio; Alcon, Francisco; Martínez Paz, José Miguel

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Economic valuation of allotment gardens in peri-urban degraded agroecosystems: the role of citizens’ preferences in spatial planning

dc.contributor.author	Albaladejo García, José Antonio
dc.contributor.author	Alcon, Francisco
dc.contributor.author	Martínez Paz, José Miguel
dc.contributor.department	Economía Aplicada
dc.contributor.other	Facultad de Economía y Empresa
dc.date.accessioned	2026-02-16T09:12:18Z
dc.date.available	2026-02-16T09:12:18Z
dc.date.copyright	© 2021, Elsevier, all rights reserved
dc.date.issued	2021-02-15
dc.description.abstract	Allotment gardens (AGs), one of the basic types of urban gardening, provide goods and services to the urban population beyond food supply. Therefore, the efficient planning and management of AGs must take into account both the social welfare provided by the ecosystem services (ES) associated with these spaces and spatial considerations. The distance of the AGs from the citizens, their accessibility and the presence of substitutes are aspects that have not been studied extensively in the scientific literature. In this context, this paper evaluates the creation of AGs in a peri-urban degraded agroecosystem in Murcia (SE-Spain). To this end, the values of ES are quantified economically, as are the influences of the socio-economic and spatial characteristics. A survey was undertaken on a representative sample of households in Murcia city, from which the willingness to pay (WTP) for owning an AG and the factors influencing the valuation were determined. The results indicate that provisioning services are the ES valued most highly, followed by regulating and cultural ES. The valuation of the project for the whole population is 5.4 €/household/month, with a WTP of 17.2 €/household/month for owning an AG plot. Multivariate analysis showed the importance of ES and spatial factors in this valuation. This WTP spatial study shows the existence of local patterns to be considered in the evaluation of new AGs location alternatives. These results will be useful to urban planners in their decision making.
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.102771
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/205342
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation	20912/PI/18 project, financed by “Fundación Séneca-Agencia de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Región de Murcia
dc.relation	The work described in this paper was carried out within the framework of the 20912/PI/18 project, financed by “Fundación Séneca-Agencia de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Región de Murcia”. The authors are also grateful for the financing of the first author´s pre-doctoral research by the “Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (MECD) (FPU16/03562)”.
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dc.subject	Ecosystem services
dc.subject	Contingent valuation method
dc.subject	AHP
dc.subject	Hot spots
dc.subject	Gardening
dc.subject.ods	Objetivo 13: Cambio climático
dc.subject.ods	Objetivo 11: Ciudades
dc.title	Economic valuation of allotment gardens in peri-urban degraded agroecosystems: the role of citizens’ preferences in spatial planning
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