Review of The Impact of Urban Green Space on Housing Value

<b>Abstract</b>Urban green space (UGS) is increasingly recognized for its role in enhancing environmental quality, promoting public health, and contributing to neighborhood desirability. In this review, we examine The Impact of Urban Green Space on Housing Value by Li, Ossokina, and Arentze (2024), which offers an integrated methodological framework combining spatial hedonic price modeling with housing land-use simulation. Using residential transaction data from two mid-sized Dutch cities, the authors estimate willingness-to-pay values for different forms of UGS across housing types and assess how the spatial distribution of greenery influences total neighborhood value. Findings indicate that dispersed, neighborhood-integrated green infrastructure yields higher area-wide housing value than centralized park configurations, particularly for detached housing. Row houses, by contrast, benefit more from proximity to larger urban parks. These results carry important implications for urban planners and policymakers seeking to balance economic value optimization with equitable green space distribution. The study represents a significant contribution to spatial planning research and underscores the need for context-sensitive, demographically informed greening strategies in urban redevelopment.<br>