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Strengthening urban resilience in the United States: community preferences for green rooftops integrating agriculture and solar energy

Natalie Meyer, Simona Trandafir

Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy

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A choice-based survey of over 600 US residents from Rhode Island examined preferences and perceived value for green rooftop (GR) space allocations for agriculture, solar energy, and recreation. Latent class modeling revealed that Class 1, representing 20% of respondents, was generally unsupportive of GR installation and expressed disutility towards GR space allocation for solar energy. Both classes uniformly favored allocating GR space for agriculture production and showed a positive willingness to pay for this feature.