Building natural value for sustainable economic development: <strong>The</strong> <strong>green</strong> <strong>infrastructure</strong> <strong>valuation</strong> <strong>toolkit</strong> <strong>user</strong> <strong>guide</strong> Contents Acknowledgements 2 Overview 4 Developing the <strong>toolkit</strong> 8 Using the <strong>toolkit</strong> 14 1 Climate change adaptation and mitigation 20 2 Flood alleviation and water management 27 3 Place and communities 31 4 Health and wellbeing 35 5 Land and property values 43 6 Investment 44 7 Labour productivity 49 8 Tourism 52 9 Recreation and leisure 56 10 Biodiversity 60 11 Land management 63 Glossary 66 Appendix 1: Case studies 68 Appendix 2: Initial data requirements 74 Appendix 3: Tool index 77 Cover image: Cheonggyecheon, Seoul, Korea. © Nepal Asatthawasi. 2
Building natural value for sustainable economic development: <strong>The</strong> <strong>green</strong> <strong>infrastructure</strong> <strong>valuation</strong> <strong>toolkit</strong> <strong>user</strong> <strong>guide</strong> Acknowledgements Many people and organisations have been involved in the development of this <strong>green</strong> <strong>infrastructure</strong> <strong>valuation</strong> <strong>toolkit</strong>. <strong>The</strong> project was initiated in December 2008 by a consortium of organisations with remits for economic development, place-making and protection of the natural environment in England. <strong>The</strong> consortium steering group was chaired by Natural Economy Northwest, managed by Tees Valley Unlimited and comprised representatives from <strong>The</strong> Northern Way, Natural England, Design for London and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), with support from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and five economic development agencies: One North East, Yorkshire Forward Advantage West Midlands, the Northwest Development Agency, and the London Development Agency. <strong>The</strong> <strong>green</strong> <strong>infrastructure</strong> <strong>valuation</strong> <strong>toolkit</strong> was predominantly prepared by Genecon LLP, the consultant appointed for this work. <strong>The</strong> present User Guide and associated Calculator were brought to their current prototype form by CABE and Natural England between September and December 2010 in consultation with the consortium steering group. This project wouldn’t have come to fruition without the hard work, dedication and good will of a much wider range of individuals. <strong>The</strong> consortium would like to thank all those who have contributed their time and expertise to the project in different ways: including by enabling a workshop, providing expert input and feedback on draft materials, approving funding or by providing data from real-life project examples that could be used as case studies to test the <strong>toolkit</strong>. <strong>The</strong> consortium has established the Green Infrastructure Valuation Network (GIVaN) to facilitate further collaboration. See www.bit.ly/gi<strong>valuation</strong><strong>toolkit</strong> This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. Consortium steering group Ruth Ashton, Yorkshire Forward Richard Baker, <strong>The</strong> Northern Way Jamie Dean, Design for London Giles Golshetti, Defra Anne Jaluzot, CABE Nerys Jones, CABE enabler Martin Moss, Natural England Malcolm Steele, Tees Valley Unlimited Will Williams, Natural Economy Northwest Peter Wilmers, Natural Economy Northwest Allan Ainslie, Valuation Office Agency Alexandra Allen, Sustrans Malcolm Barton, IBIS Environmental and Design Consultants Helen Beck, CABE Dr William Bird, GP Daniel Boden, Advantage West Midlands Thomas Bolton, CABE Graham Clingan, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Richard Copas, Environment Agency Ray Flynn, Advantage West Midlands Dr Susannah Gill, Manchester University Richard Hall, Natural England Prof John Handley, Manchester University Alastair Howarth, One North East Angela Kennedy, Sustrans Simon Kytes, Greater London Authority Consultants Research and development: Bruce Bendell, Pleasington Consulting Ltd Graeme Collinge, Genecon LLP Kram Sadiq, Genecon LLP Howard Walker, Genecon LLP Peer review: Andrew McNab, Scott Wilson Petrina Rowcroft, Scott Wilson Editing: Rach Colling <strong>The</strong> consortium wishes to thank the following individuals for their input and comments Jon Lovell, Drivers Jonas LLP Eleanor Lucas, Environment Agency Edward Maltby, Liverpool University Peter Massini, Greater London Authority Ruth Metclaff, Natural England Andy Mowlah, North West Development Agency Paul Nolan, <strong>The</strong> Mersey Forest Lisa Oakes, Defra Paul Shaffer, CIRIA Jonathan Spruce, Tees Valley Unlimited Melanie Taylor, Leeds City Region Guy Thompson, White Rose Forest Nick Thompson, Valuation Office Agency Gregory Valatin, Forestry Research Tom Warburton, Homes and Communities Agency 3