Policy instruments for green infrastructure

Zabel, Astrid; Häusler, Mara-Magdalena

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104929

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29073

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Policy instruments for green infrastructure
Authors:	Zabel, Astrid Häusler, Mara-Magdalena
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104929 10.21256/zhaw-29073
Published in:	Landscape and Urban Planning
Volume(Issue):	242
Issue:	104929
Issue Date:	2024
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0169-2046 1872-6062
Language:	English
Subjects:	Review; Policy; Green infrastructure; Ecological infrastructure
Subject (DDC):	333.7: Land, natural recreational areas
Abstract:	Developing a green infrastructure is a major environmental policy ambition in many countries around the world. However, green infrastructure objectives can vary, especially in terms of requirements on the spatial allocation of conservation sites. In this paper, we investigate which policy instruments are being used to pursue green infrastructure objectives with differing spatial needs. We do this by reviewing a set of 127 papers. Our findings suggest that price-type instruments are often used for green infrastructure objectives that have no particular requirements on the spatial allocation of conservation sites. Procedural instruments are commonly applied when the aim is to build a green infrastructure with a contiguous but spread allocation of sites. While spatial planning and the development of financing strategies were commonly mentioned for green infrastructure with high connectivity requirements, we were surprised to find little use of incentive mechanisms that internalize the benefit of clustering and pass it on to landowners. We suggest that such incentive mechanisms are underutilized and call for more pilots and case study work, for example on agglomeration bonus and threshold payments for green infrastructure development. We further call for more research on green infrastructure policies in the global South.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29073
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
Published as part of the ZHAW project:	ValPar.CH – Werte der Ökologischen Infrastruktur in Schweizer Pärken
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management

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Zabel, A., & Häusler, M.-M. (2024). Policy instruments for green infrastructure. Landscape and Urban Planning, 242(104929). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104929

Zabel, A. and Häusler, M.-M. (2024) ‘Policy instruments for green infrastructure’, Landscape and Urban Planning, 242(104929). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104929.

A. Zabel and M.-M. Häusler, “Policy instruments for green infrastructure,” Landscape and Urban Planning, vol. 242, no. 104929, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104929.

ZABEL, Astrid und Mara-Magdalena HÄUSLER, 2024. Policy instruments for green infrastructure. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2024. Bd. 242, Nr. 104929. DOI 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104929

Zabel, Astrid, and Mara-Magdalena Häusler. 2024. “Policy Instruments for Green Infrastructure.” Landscape and Urban Planning 242 (104929). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104929.

Zabel, Astrid, and Mara-Magdalena Häusler. “Policy Instruments for Green Infrastructure.” Landscape and Urban Planning, vol. 242, no. 104929, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104929.