Better Decision Support with Socioeconomic Valuation of Environmental Intrusions (BBES)
New transport infrastructure affects biodiversity by creating barriers for animals and plants, leading to habitat fragmentation. The purpose of the project is to contribute to more economically efficient and sustainable transport planning by developing tools that make the link between biodiversity, habitat, ecosystem services, and socio-economic values visible.
Project name: Better Decision Support with Socioeconomic Valuation of Environmental Intrusions (BBES)
Project leader: Cecilia Håkansson , SEED
Participants KTH: Xi-Lillian Pang, SEED, Linus Hasselström, SEED, Pelle Rauch, SEED
Participating universities/companies/other organisations: Holmboe & Skarp AB (Tore Söderqvist)
Financing: Trafikverket
Project period: 2025-2028
How people value recreation is closely linked to access to and experience of different habitats and biodiversity. Within the BBES project valuation models for recreation that are as generalizable as possible will be developed. The use of GIS tools is a central component in developing these models. The project builds on the previous research project SVING (2022-2024), funded by the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket), which uses an ecosystem services approach to specify economically relevant consequences of environmental intrusions resulting from railway and road construction.
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