Project description:
This project assessed select ecosystem services that public and private trees provide in the Victoria Business Improvement District (BID). A baseline quantitative assessment was undertaken to measure the impact of green infrastructure on: air pollution, carbon storage, carbon sequestration, storm water, recreation, and surface temperature of green infrastructure. A numerical value, in £s per year, was calculated for these services. The tools i-Tree Eco model, Capital Asset Valuation for Amenity Trees (CAVAT), and the Green Infrastructure Valuation Toolkit were utilised.
Organisations involved:
Victoria Business Improvement District
Scale of project:
Local
Location:
The Victoria Business Improvement District
Total area covered by project:
0 (sq. km)
Special purposes of project:
Map ecosystem services
Map economic values of ecosystem services
Map social/cultural values
Map health impacts
Create accounts
What ecosystem service classification was used?:
Select ecosystem services relevant to Victoria BID
Which ecosystem services were focused on?:
Cultural
Regulating
- Aesthetic/inspiration
- Recreation/tourism
- Climate regulation
- Detoxification and purification in air, soils and water
- Flood control
- Hazard regulation
Habitats mapped for ecosystem services:
Urban
Key outputs available:
Contact name:
David Beamont
Contact job title:
Environmental and Sustainability Manager
Organisation:
Victoria Business Improvement District
Address:
2nd Floor, 14 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0QP
Phone:
0203 056 7437
Location: