Nature Based Solutions for re-naturing cities: knowledge diffusion and decision support platform through new collaborative models

Funding programme: 
H2020
Project ID: 
PR-H2020-48
Acronym: 
Nature4Cities
Description: 

Based on a detailed mapping of urban challenges and relevant nature-based solutions (NbS), Nature4Cities aims at developing complementary and interactive modules to engage urban stakeholders in a collective-learning process about re-naturing cities, develop and circulate new business, financial and governance models for NbS projects, as well as provide tools for the impacts assessment, valorisation and follow-up of NbS projects. The different modules are:

• a database of generic NbS and associated environmental, economic and social performances

• an observatory of NbS projects best practices / case studies

• a set of innovative business, financial and governance models for the deployment of NbS in a range of different contexts, together with a tool to help urban stakeholders identify eligible models regarding their NbS project contexts

• a NbS project impact assessment toolbox providing capabilities for environmental, economic and social impacts evaluation at different stages in the project development cycle from opportunity/feasibility studies to design steps and project follow-up). This toolbox will built on a range of tools, from generic indicator-based assessment for early project stages, down to detailed modelisations of NbS behaviors.

These modules that already have a proper purpose on their own, will furthermore be integrated in a NbS dissemination and assessment self-learning platform [N4C Platform] to assist NbS project developers along the entire life cycle of their projects from opportunity studies and project definition down to performance monitoring.

Nature4Cities indicators, methodologies, tools and platform will be field tested in real working environments and on real nature-based solution projects and developments in selected cities in Europe, which will be partners of the project and engage their technical urban and environmental planning teams.

Lead entity: 
NOBATEK INEF 4
Lead Country: 
France
Partners: 
GREEN4CITIES GMBH;CITTA METROPOLITANA DI MILANO;PLANTE&CITE;CANKAYA BELEDIYESI;ARGEDOR BILISIM TEKNOLOJILERI SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI;FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION;GRUNSTATTGRAU FORSCHUNGS- UND INNOVATIONS-GMBH;TERRANIS SAS;DUNEWORKS BV;RINA CONSULTING SPA;LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;COLOUREE SRL;SZEGED MEGYEI JOGU VAROS ONKORMANYZATA;INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR POUR L'AGRICULTURE; L ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT;EKODENGE MUHENDISLIK MIMARLIK DANISMANLIK TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI;INGENIERIA ESPECIALIZADA OBRA CIVIL E INDUSTRIAL SA;FUNDACION CARTIF;UNIVERSITE DE NANTES;FUNDACIO EURECAT;AYUNTAMIENTO DE ALCALA DE HENARES;INNOVA INTEGRA LIMITED;CENTRE D ETUDES ET D EXPERTISE SUR LES RISQUES L ENVIRONNEMENT LA MOBILITE ET L AMENAGEMENT;R2M SOLUTION SRL;SZEGEDI TUDOMANYEGYETEM;ACCIONA CONSTRUCCION SA;MAGYAR URBANISZTIKAI TUDASKOZPONT NONPROFIT KFT;MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Partners countries: 
Austria, Italy, France, Turkey, Spain, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Hungary, United Kingdom
Start/end date: 
Tuesday, 1 November 2016 to Friday, 30 April 2021
Time frame: 
2016 - 2021
NBS type: 
Type 3
Societal challenges: 
Health and Well-being & Air Quality
Approach: 
NA
Environment: 
Urban Ecosystems