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creators_name: Kam, J.W. van der
title: Do Your Neighbor's Looks Matter? Aesthetic Appeal of the Urban Environment and House Prices: A Case Study of Lyon and Toulouse
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abstract: This study investigates the association between the aesthetic appeal of the urban environment and the prices of neighboring houses. Estimations are made by means of hedonic pricing models for two French cities: Lyon and Toulouse. A proxy for the aesthetic appeal of the urban environment is generated with the number of geo-located user-generated public images uploaded on online photo-sharing website Flickr. The findings show that the aesthetic appeal of the urban environment does have a positive association with nearby house prices. The results state that houses with several pictures within 50 meters are associated with at least 3.95 to 5.25 percent higher house prices, as opposed to houses with zero pictures within a 50-meter radius. The findings of this study can inform policy makers who make decisions that involve the regulation of aesthetics in the urban environment, maximizing well-being for urban citizens.
date: 2020
date_type: published
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: VG
tutors_name: Daams, M.
keywords_local: urban environment
keywords_local: aesthetics
keywords_local: real estate
keywords_local: hedonic price analysis
keywords_local: valuation
language_iso: en
titleorder: Do Your Neighbor's Looks Matter? Aesthetic Appeal of the Urban Environment and House Prices: A Case Study of Lyon and Toulouse
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date_of_import: 2020-04-22
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date_issued: 2020-01-01
citation:   Kam, J.W. van der  (2020) Do Your Neighbor's Looks Matter? Aesthetic Appeal of the Urban Environment and House Prices: A Case Study of Lyon and Toulouse.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/60/1/200212_Final_Thesis_JW_van_der_Kam.pdf