How far do Dutch people live from attractive nature?:An assessment using parallel computing with Python and FOSS4G libraries

How valuable is living nearby nature? Does nature have a positive effect on nearby residential property prices? How much are we willing to pay for nature in our living environment, and does this amount decay with distance to nature? Increasing urbanization and stress on natural landscapes makes such questions more and more important in spatial planning. However, quantifying the value of public green space is challenging, especially for large study areas, because of the required high computing power. In a recent conference paper by Daams et al. (2014), over 200.000 (!) individual properties acr... Mehr ...