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

Project Information

Nature4Cities

Grant agreement ID: 730468

DOI 10.3030/730468

Project closed

EC signature date 28 October 2016

Start date 1 November 2016

End date 30 April 2021

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Total cost € 7 499 981,25

EU contribution € 7 499 981,25

Coordinated by

NOBATEK INEF 4
France

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (14)

D8.5 Joint policy brief

Output of Task 8.4. Joint policy brief, fostering the replicability of nature-based solutions.

D3.2 Report on agent based analyses approach of N4C identifying the citizen agents and their behaviours

Output of Task 3.2

D5.3 Values of Societal Acceptance

Output of Task 5.3

D7.3 N4C choice of case studies

Report (PU)

D5.2 Citizen and Stakeholders engagement strategies and tools for NBS Implementation

Output of Task 5.2

D3.3 Report on N4C LCA goal and scope definition, urban environmental indicators and KPIs

Output of Task 3.3

D7.2 N4C tools training material

Presentations (PU)

D3.4 Report on the Climate Resilience assessment methodology and climatic trend analyses

Output of Task 3.4

D7.1 N4C Field-test roadmap and guidelines

Report (PU)

D3.5. Report on the N4C Dynamic analyses and interpretation methodology

Output of Task 3.5

D8.7: Exploitable Results Table

Output of Task 8.4. Updated each successive reporting period. Includes methodology, results and assigned managers

D1.3 NBS project observatory specifications

Output of Task 1.3

D1.1 NBS multi-scalar and multi-thematic typology and associated database

Output of Task 1.1.

D1.2 NBS Implementation Models Typology

Output of Task 1.2

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

D9.4: Public Communication Materials

Initial poster, brochure, project presentation, and newsletter.

D9.3: Project Website and Landing page of the platform

(PU-DEC)

Other (5)

D1.7 Geocluster4NBS tool

Output of Task 1.6

D5.1 NBS Implementation Models Database

Output of Task 5.1

D2.3 NBS database completed with urban performance data

Output of Task 2.3

D4.2 Development of a monetary value scale for NBS implementation in cities

Output of Task 4.2

D4.3 Development of an alternative value scale for NBS implementation in cities

Output of Task 4.3

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (9)

Simplified performance assessment methodology for addressing soil quality of nature-based solutions

Author(s): Ryad Bouzouidja, Béatrice Béchet, Jitka Hanzlikova, Michal Sněhota, Cécile Le Guern, Hervé Capiaux, Liliane Jean-Soro, Rémy Claverie, Sophie Joimel, Christophe Schwartz, René Guénon, Flora Szkordilisz, Barnabas Körmöndi, Marjorie Musy, Patrice Cannavo, Thierry Lebeau
Published in: Journal of Soils and Sediments, Issue 21/5, 2021, Page(s) 1909-1927, ISSN 1439-0108
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-020-02731-y

Mapping of innovative governance models to overcome barriers for nature based urban regeneration

Author(s): A Egusquiza, M Cortese, D Perfido
Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Issue 323, 2019, Page(s) 012081, ISSN 1755-1315
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/323/1/012081

Integration of multiple methodologies to evaluate effects of Nature Based Solutions on urban climate mitigation and adaptation

Author(s): A López, L Mabe, C Cantergiani
Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Issue 323, 2019, Page(s) 012078, ISSN 1755-1315
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/323/1/012078

How to evaluate nature-based solutions performance for microclimate, water and soil management issues – Available tools and methods from Nature4Cities European project results

Author(s): Ryad Bouzouidja, Patrice Cannavo, Philippe Bodénan, Ágnes Gulyás, Márton Kiss, Attila Kovács, Béatrice Béchet, Katia Chancibault, Etienne Chantoiseau, Pierre-Emmanuel Bournet, Rania Bouzidi, René Guénon, Thierry Lebeau, Marjorie Musy, Fabrice Rodriguez
Published in: Ecological Indicators, Issue 125, 2021, Page(s) 107556, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107556

The effect of green roofs on the reduction of mortality due to heatwaves: Results from the application of a spatial microsimulation model to four European cities

Author(s): Antonino Marvuglia, Rembrandt Koppelaar, Benedetto Rugani
Published in: Ecological Modelling, Issue 438, 2020, Page(s) 109351, ISSN 0304-3800
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109351

Human-biometeorological significance of shading in urban public spaces—Summertime measurements in Pécs, Hungary

Author(s): Noémi Kántor, Liang Chen, Csilla V. Gál
Published in: Landscape and Urban Planning, Issue 170, 2018, Page(s) 241-255, ISSN 0169-2046
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.09.030

The Impact of Façade Orientation and Woody Vegetation on Summertime Heat Stress Patterns in a Central European Square: Comparison of Radiation Measurements and Simulations

Author(s): Noémi Kántor, Csilla Viktória Gál, Ágnes Gulyás, János Unger
Published in: Advances in Meteorology, Issue 2018, 2018, Page(s) 1-15, ISSN 1687-9309
Publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
DOI: 10.1155/2018/2650642

Integration of ecosystem services into a conceptual spatial planning framework based on a landscape ecology perspective

Author(s): Javier Babí Almenar, Benedetto Rugani, Davide Geneletti, Tim Brewer
Published in: Landscape Ecology, Issue 33/12, 2018, Page(s) 2047-2059, ISSN 0921-2973
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-018-0727-8

Assessing habitat loss, fragmentation and ecological connectivity in Luxembourg to support spatial planning

Author(s): Javier Babí Almenar, Alya Bolowich, Thomas Elliot, Davide Geneletti, Guido Sonnemann, Benedetto Rugani
Published in: Landscape and Urban Planning, Issue 189, 2019, Page(s) 335-351, ISSN 0169-2046
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.05.004

Conference proceedings (6)

How to use nature-based solutions in urban planning systems of Europe?

Author(s): Szkordilisz, Flora; Kocsis, János,; Bouzouidja, Ryad; Kósa, Emőke; Beaujouan, Véronique; Béchet, Béatrice; Bournet, Pierre-Emmanuel; Bulot, Adeline; Cannavo, Patrice; Chantoiseau, Etienne,; Daniel, Hervé; Lebeau, Thierry; Vidal Beaudet, Laure; GUENON, René; Musy, Marjorie; Adell, Germain; Körmöndi, Barnabás; Bodénan, Philippe
Published in: 10th International Conference on Urban Climate/14th Symposium on the Urban Environment, Aug 2018, New-York, United States, Issue 5, 2018
Publisher: hal-02394207

Radiation conditions at a central European square in a hot summer day – a case study from Szeged, Hungary

Author(s): Takács Á, Gál C V, Gulyás Á, Kiss M, Kántor N
Published in: Conference paper on the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), Issue Paper number: 1372, Number of pages: 8, 2017
Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Nature4Cities: A természetalapú megoldások (nature-based solutions) alkalmazási lehetőségei a várostervezésben

Author(s): Kántor N, Gulyás Á, Szkordilisz F, Pásztor P, Kovács A, Kiss M
Published in: Proceedings of the 7th Hungarian Landscape Ecology Conference, 2017, ISBN 978-963-306-542-6
Publisher: Szegedi Tudományegyetem Földrajzi és Földtudományi Intézet Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Szeged

Comparison of popular measurement techniques in determining mean radiant temperature: a case study from Shanghai

Author(s): Kántor N, Chen L
Published in: Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Biometeorology, 2017
Publisher: International Society of Biometeorology

Relevance of urban trees and sun shades regarding summertime heat stress reduction: field surveys from Pécs, Hungary

Author(s): Kántor N, Gulyás Á, Gál C V
Published in: Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Biometeorology, 2017
Publisher: International Society of Biometeorology

Re-Naturing the City: Nature4Cities Project to Elevate the Concept of Nature-Based Solutions

Author(s): Luca Cotta Ramusino, Mario Cortese, Zia Lennard
Published in: Proceedings, Issue 1/7, 2017, Page(s) 696, ISSN 2504-3900
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/proceedings1070696

Book chapters (2)

Water Runoff and Catchment Improvement by Nature-Based Solution (NBS) Promotion in Private Household Gardens: An Agent-Based Model

Author(s): Rembrandt Koppelaar, Antonino Marvuglia, Benedetto Rugani
Published in: Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy, Issue 15, 2021, Page(s) 91-114, ISBN 978-3-030-71818-3
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71819-0_5

LCM at the Urban Scale: BIM and Nature Based Solutions

Author(s): Antonino Marvuglia, Benedetto Rugani, Germain Adell
Published in: Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies, 2018, Page(s) 261-267, ISBN 978-3-319-66980-9
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66981-6_29