The impact (blight) on house value caused by urban landslides in England and Wales

William Disberry; Andy Gibson; Rob Inkpen; Malcolm Whitworth; Claire Dashwood; Mike Winter

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-53483-1_5

The impact (blight) on house value caused by urban landslides in England and Wales

William Disberry, Andy Gibson^*, Rob Inkpen, Malcolm Whitworth, Claire Dashwood, Mike Winter

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We examine how large, slow moving landslides impact urban house prices in three areas of England and Wales. 12,663 house transaction values were analysed covering all house sales 1995-2012 in Lyme Regis, Dorset; Ventnor, Isle of Wight and Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Values were analysed with respect to local landslide events and visible landslide damage. In all three study areas, individual landslide events caused little or no negative impacts on nearby property prices, though remediation is likely to have short-term positive impacts on local house prices. Localised blight and suppressed house prices to a distance of 75 m was found in areas affected by ongoing incipient movement. By comparison with other sources of property blight, the radius of influence is 25% of that expected from an abandoned property or electricity pylon and less than 5% that of a windfarm. The socio-economic environment was important in determining the degree of house price impact of landslide events and for most locations, landslides form only a minor impact compared to other factors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Landslides in Different Environments
Editors	Matjaž Mikoš, Vít Vilímek, Yueping Yin, Kyoji Sassa
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	27-32
Number of pages	6
Volume	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319534831
ISBN (Print)	9783319534824
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53483-1_5
Publication status	Published - Jun 2017
Event	4th World Landslide Forum - Ljubljana, Slovenia Duration: 29 May 2017 → 2 Jun 2017

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Conference	4th World Landslide Forum
Country/Territory	Slovenia
City	Ljubljana
Period	29/05/17 → 2/06/17

Keywords

House price
Lyme regis
Merthyr tydfil
Urban landslides
Ventnor

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Disberry, W, Gibson, A, Inkpen, R, Whitworth, M, Dashwood, C & Winter, M 2017, The impact (blight) on house value caused by urban landslides in England and Wales. in M Mikoš, V Vilímek, Y Yin & K Sassa (eds), Landslides in Different Environments. vol. 5, Springer International Publishing, pp. 27-32, 4th World Landslide Forum, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 29/05/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53483-1_5

The impact (blight) on house value caused by urban landslides in England and Wales. / Disberry, William; Gibson, Andy; Inkpen, Rob et al.
Landslides in Different Environments. ed. / Matjaž Mikoš; Vít Vilímek; Yueping Yin; Kyoji Sassa. Vol. 5 Springer International Publishing, 2017. p. 27-32.

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