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EM: Green Infrastructure valuation toolkit users guide (EM-1004)
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EM Identification
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EM ID
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EM-1004 |
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EM Short Name
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GI toolkit users guide |
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EM Full Name
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Green Infrastructure valuation toolkit users guide |
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EM Source or Collection
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None |
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EM Source Document ID
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474 |
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Document Author
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Genecon LLP. |
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Document Year
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2010 |
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Document Title
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Building natural value for sustainable economic development The green infrastructure valuation toolkit user guide |
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Document Status
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Peer reviewed and published |
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Comments on Status
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Published report |
Software and Access
| https://www.merseyforest.org.uk/services/gi-val/ | |
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Contact Name
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The Mercey Forest |
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Contact Address
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Moss Ln, Woolston, Warrington WA3 6QX, United Kingdom |
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Contact Email
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mail@merseyforest.org.uk |
EM Description
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Summary Description
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[The toolkit provides a very helpful introduction to the evidence demonstrating the benefits of green infrastructure interventions. It offers a structured argument that speaks the language of regeneration and economic developments. The 11 economic benefits structure provides a relatively simple high level means of presenting and communicating the benefits of green infrastructure projects in economic contexts, although it also brings some risks of double-counting (see Limitations below). The toolkit provides a structured approach to value green infrastructure benefits in monetary, quantitative and qualitative terms, with equal weight being applied to each of these three ways to present existing evidence. It can add value to and inform the decision-making process, particularly when used at an early stage to get broad brush figures and weigh pros and cons.The toolkit relies on current state-of-the-art evidence and valuation techniques for green infrastructure benefits. However, the toolkit also highlights the need for considerable improvement and expansion of the evidence base to enable future iterations to provide improved valuations. The toolkit helps make green infrastructure benefits ‘visible’ to potential funders. The inclusion of environmental benefits in cost benefit analysis is currently very difficult, often requiring professional assistance. Such assistance is frequently beyond the means of many groups seeking project funding. The toolkit is aimed at filling this gap, providing a means of scoping out the indicative benefits of green infrastructure using tools and approaches accessible to many projects and groups. However, whilst the toolkit provides a means of undertaking a broad Value for Money assessment, it must but emphasised that this is only indicative and cannot replace more rigorous formal project appraisal techniques.] |
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Specific Policy or Decision Context Cited
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None |
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Biophysical Context
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N/A |
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EM Scenario Drivers
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N/A |
EM Relationship to Other EMs or Applications
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Method Only, Application of Method or Model Run
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Method Only |
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New or Pre-existing EM?
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New or revised model |
Related EMs (for example, other versions or derivations of this EM) described in ESML
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Document ID for related EM
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None |
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EM ID for related EM
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None |
EM Modeling Approach
EM Relationship to Time
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EM Temporal Extent
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Not applicable |
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EM Time Dependence
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time-dependent |
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EM Time Reference (Future/Past)
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Not applicable |
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EM Time Continuity
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Not applicable |
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EM Temporal Grain Size Value
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Not applicable |
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EM Temporal Grain Size Unit
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Not applicable |
EM Spatial Extent
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Bounding Type
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Not applicable |
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Spatial Extent Name
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Not applicable |
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Spatial Extent Area (Magnitude)
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Not applicable |
Spatial Distribution of Computations
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EM Spatial Distribution
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spatially distributed (in at least some cases) |
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Spatial Grain Type
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area, for pixel or radial feature |
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Spatial Grain Size
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Not reported |
EM Structure and Computation Approach
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EM Computational Approach
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Numeric |
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EM Determinism
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deterministic |
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Statistical Estimation of EM
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Model Checking Procedures Used
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Model Calibration Reported?
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Not applicable |
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Model Goodness of Fit Reported?
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Not applicable |
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Goodness of Fit (metric| value | unit)
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None |
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Model Operational Validation Reported?
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Not applicable |
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Model Uncertainty Analysis Reported?
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Not applicable |
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Model Sensitivity Analysis Reported?
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Not applicable |
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Model Sensitivity Analysis Include Interactions?
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Not applicable |
EM Locations, Environments, Ecology
Location of EM Application
Terrestrial location (Classification hierarchy: Continent > Country > U.S. State [United States only])
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Marine location (Classification hierarchy: Realm > Region > Province > Ecoregion)
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Centroid Lat/Long (Decimal Degree)
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Centroid Latitude
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Not applicable |
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Centroid Longitude
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Not applicable |
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Centroid Datum
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Not applicable |
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Centroid Coordinates Status
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Not applicable |
Environments and Scales Modeled
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EM Environmental Sub-Class
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Not applicable |
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Specific Environment Type
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Multiple |
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EM Ecological Scale
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Ecological scale is finer than that of the Environmental Sub-class |
Scale and taxa of organisms modeled
Scale of differentiation of organisms modeled
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EM Organismal Scale
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Taxonomic level and name of organisms or groups identified
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EnviroAtlas URL
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EM Ecosystem Goods and Services (EGS) potentially modeled, by classification system
CICES v 4.3 - Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (Section > Division > Group > Class)
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(Environmental Subclass > Ecological End-Product (EEP) > EEP Subclass > EEP Modifier)
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EM Variable Names (and Units)
Predictor
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Intermediate
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Intermediate (Computed) Variables (and Units)
view details (6 variables)
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Response
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Observed Response Variables (and Units)
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None |
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Computed Response Variables (and Units)
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