Damigos, D. & D. Kaliampakos, 2002, Assessing the benefits of reclaiming urban quarries: a CVM analysis, in: Landscape and Urban Planning, ,
- Author : Damigos, D. & D. Kaliampakos
- Year : 2002
- Journal/Series : Landscape and Urban Planning
- Pages : 249-258
- Abstract in English : In recent years, there is an increasing demand for green areas and amenity spaces in urban centres due to recreation needs and growing environmental awareness. Green spaces provide aesthetic, ecological and economic benefits. Rehabilitation of abandoned quarry sites could alleviate the effects of environmental dereliction and could meet the social demand for improvement of the quality of live in urban centres. This paper focuses on an abandoned surface aggregate quarry site in the city of Athens, and it is the first application of method in the mining sector, in Greece.
- Comments/Notes : KEYWORDS: quarry, economy, recreation, land rehabilitation, Contingent Valuation Method.