Public Preferences and Urban Regeneration: Land Use Changes and Aesthetics at the Venice Arsenale – ARSENALE VE
This research project aims at placing a value on alternative re-uses of historical and underutilized urban areasby using stated-preference techniques. The research focuses on the specific site of the Venice Arsenale (Old Shipbuilding Yard), which is well-suited for our study. The results from our study are a potentially important input into the planning of urban sustainable development.
In this research project, we use stated-preference techniques for placing a value on alternative re-uses of historical and underutilized urban areas. The specific site we work with is the Venice Arsenale (Old Shipbuilding Yard), which is well-suited for our study. The results from our study are a potentially important input into the planning of urban sustainable development.
The purpose of this project is three-fold.
First, we wish to illustrate the use of a stated-preference technique, conjoint choice experiments, for planning and decision-making specific to the case at hand.
Second, we hope to show that reuse, local economic impacts and the aesthetics of a regeneration project can be valued, and that people are capable and willing to make tradeoffs between these and other attributes. We hope to demonstrate that individuals are capable and willing to trade off attributes describing land use, architectural features, aesthetic quality and local economic impacts of alternative redevelopment projects, and that survey techniques using stated preferences approaches can be successfully used by policymakers and planners seeking the public’s input into decision making process.
Third, we wish to compare the preferences of the public with those of public officials, who are also interviewed in this research project.