Task 5 

We will shed light on the role of environmental policies. Indeed, several public policies shape the environmental allocations of urban spaces through planning, zoning or conservation policies such as greenbelts, low emission zones, etc. In line with the focus of the project, we will consider the influence of urban structure and by doing so, we will pay attention to the local public policies.

First, intra-urban heterogeneity of environmental issues will be introduced into urban economics models to carefully assess the direct and indirect impact of policies. Second, the impacts of implemented policies will be evaluated using recent developments in program evaluation methods. Particular attention will be paid to the public environmental policies in La Réunion because of their triple overlap between local, national and Unesco levels.