Economic benefits
Key Findings
The ‘Benefit to Cost’ ratio for the West Gorton Community Park is forecasted to be 2.5 over a 25 year period. This takes into account capital and operational expenditure, together with increases in property prices, reduction in rainwater treatment, and physical health benefits.
Downloadable Datasets for Manchester’s West Gorton GrowGreen project
Find out more about the West Gorton ‘Sponge’ Park GrowGreen project
For more information on GrowGreen results please contact James Rothwell at The University of Manchester James.Rothwell@manchester.ac.uk
