Caring for Blue-Green Solutions (BGS) in Everyday Life: An Investigation of Recreational Use, Neighborhood Preferences and Willingness to Pay in Augustenborg, Malmö

Author:

Mottaghi Misagh12ORCID,Nordström Jonas345ORCID,Haghighatafshar Salar6ORCID,Jönsson Karin6,Kärrholm Mattias1ORCID,Sternudd Catharina1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden

2. Sweden Water Research AB, SE-223 70 Lund, Sweden

3. School of Economics and Management, Agrifood Economics Centre, Lund University, SE-220 07 Lund, Sweden

4. Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-220 07 Lund, Sweden

5. Department of Business, Economics and Law, Dalarna University, SE-791 88 Falun, Sweden

6. Department of Chemical Engineering, Water and Environmental Engineering, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden

Abstract

In this article, we explore the production of socio-cultural values around blue-green solutions (BGS) through the perspective of care. We explore how values and preferences are formed through the complexity of everyday life engagements in a BGS environment. The data come from a questionnaire answered by 328 households in the neighborhood of Augustenborg in Malmö, Sweden. The questionnaire collects detailed information about inhabitants’ possible recreational use (through Likert scale questions) and willingness to pay (WTP) (estimated through contingent valuation). The study evaluates if and how people care to use, care to live with, and care to pay for BGS. The result shows that people in Augustenborg relate in different and sometimes contradictory ways to BGS. A well-used BGS environment does not per se make the environment successful or result in people preferring a BGS environment in the future. In addition, recreational use and building awareness about BGS flood mitigation seem to increase the willingness to pay, whereas living longer in the area seems to decrease it. The study reveals a landscape of care that is constantly being formed and transformed. This suggests that both planning and research needs to focus more on the relation between BGS and social use over time.

Funder

FORMAS

Sweden Water Research, Water and Wastewater Association

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Nature and Landscape Conservation,Ecology,Global and Planetary Change

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