David N. Barton / NINA

The Oslo OpenNESS case study is a cooperation between the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, a non-profit research foundation, and Vista Analyse AS, a small enterprise. The municipality of Oslo and several of its agencies constitute the project’s advisory board.

Related projects:

OpenNESS project website

URBAN Experimental Ecosystem Accounting

NINA Oslo

• David N. Barton
• Erik Gómez-Baggethun
• Stefan Blumentrath
• Anders Often
• Olve Krange

NINA Lillehammer

• Vegard Gundersen
• Berit Köhler
• Erik Stange
• Margrethe Tingstad

NINA Trondheim

• Graciela Rusch

VISTA Analyse A/S

• Rasmus Reinvang
• Henrik Lindhjem

MSc. students

• Claudia Fongar (NTNU)
• Oscar Haavardsholm (UiO)
• Nora Vågnes Traaholt (U. København)

Ph.D. students

• Emma Soy Massoni (U. de Girona, Spania)
• Sergi Nuss Girona (U. de Girona, Spania)

Visiting researchers

• Grazia Zulian (JRC)
• Leena Kopperoinen (SYKE)
• Pekka Itkonen (SYKE)
• Arto Viinikka (SYKE)

App development

• Joerg Preiss (UFZ)
• Robin Elger

• Planning for recreation along the opportunity spectrum: The case of Oslo
• Monetary valuation of urban ecosystem services-operationa-lization or tragedy of well-intentioned valuation? An illustrated example
• The value of urban ecosystem services: Four examples from Oslo (in Norwegian)
• Economic valuation of ecosystem services for policy - a pilot study on green infrastructure in Oslo
• Nature in Oslo is worth billions - valuing the urban ecosystem services of green infrastructure (in Norwegian)
• Materials and methods appendix for valuation of ecosystem services of green infrastructure in Oslo
• Monetary valuation of urban ecosystem services - operationalization or tragedy of well-intentioned valuation? 

Brochure

• Naturen i norske byer er verdt milliarder

Factsheets 

• BJERKEDALEN NEIGHBOURHOOD PARK - Reopening of the Hovin Stream
• ENSJØ CITY DISTRICT - Blue-green stormwater management
• GRORUD POND - Phytoremediation of contaminated soil
• SVARTDALEN - Experiental value of urban old-growth forest
• Willingness to pay for city trees (Norwegian)
• Compensation value of city trees (Norwegian)
• Beauty contest - Oslos greenest streets (Norwegian)

Theses

• Identification of bluegreen structures and perceived values in public urban green spaces: a comparative case study of a natural and a constructed green space in Oslo. By Claudia Fongar
• Valuing Urban Recreational Ecosystem Services in Oslo - A hedonic pricing study. By Nora Vågnes Traaholt
• Valuing urban ecosystem services - A contingent valuation study on street trees in Oslo. By Oscar Haavardsholm

App

• Blue-green factor App

Insight Publishers:

Blog post by Rasmus Reinvang: Green space in Oslo worth billions!

Aftenposten (daily newspaper): Forskere har regnet på hvor mye Marka er verdt ...

Forskning.no (science portal): Naturen i Oslo er verdt milliarder​

VISTA: Verdsetting av urbane økosystemtjenester

NINA: Naturen i Oslo er verdt milliarder