Cost benefit analysis of peri-urban land use policy - Plurel

Open space
Open space in Leipzig was identified using the Moland model, as shown in Figure 3
below. It was estimated that 501 houses were in the 457.2 metre radius of the open
spaces 21 . This is likely an overestimate for the areas in consideration. From the maps, 7
distinct open space areas could be identified – as shown in Figure 3 22 . Changes in the
areas of these regions under the scenarios were estimated based on a manual count of the
squares impacted. An example for the change for BAU 2024 is shown below as Table 7
(further tables are contained in an annex to this report).
Figure 3: Change in Open Space in Leipzig – BAU – 2001 to 2024 case
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Source: Moland model outputs
21 Based on estimates from Leipzig of 1,677 inhabitants per square km, and average
German household size of 2.2.(Source: UNECE, 2001, p74)
22 This demarcation is based on the distances shown in the distance decay effects for open space
valuation.
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