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INTERnational cooperation to restore and connect urban environments in Latin AmeriCa and Europe

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Deliverables

City network impulse papers (one targeting EU and one targeting CELAC networks) (EN/ES) (opens in new window)

The INTERLACE city network partners (CA, UNGL, FLACMA (Third Party) and UCLG/NAN) will draft an EU and a CELAC city network impulse paper (D2.7) in consultation with urban experts, decision-makers and city network representatives. The papers will help city networks to optimise their activities and support more widespread restoration across member cities. Each draft paper will be validated with a workshop in its respective region.

INTERLACE city impulse papers, local language and EN (opens in new window)

Six locally-tailored INTERLACE city impulse papers will outline a set of recommendations for improving local policy coherency in urban ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation and green space planning. Specifics may be included on ways to resolve bottlenecks in governance/policy and optimise interactions between urban planning instruments. While their form and focus may vary by city to cater to local needs, each will be validated through targeted meetings with local CNA stakeholders. Potential outcomes could include a roadmap for implementation of restorative NBS, suggestions on optimising an existing strategy, guidance for improving governance processes, or ideas to better account for trade-offs of restorative NBS benefit delivery in urban planning. The final impulse papers will reflect different scales in urban planning, including recommendations for short to medium-term policy developments.

Transversal city impulse paper (EN/ES) (opens in new window)

Findings and lessons learned which are shared across INTERLACE cities and applicable globally will be extracted for a short transversal city impulse paper

Guidelines to create tailored NBS assessment systems beyond INTERLACE cities (EN/ES) (opens in new window)

The guideline will help cities globally accomplish integrated and ecologically coherent urban planning, underlined with illustrative CELAC and EU examples of the fsuccessful application of the framework developed in Task 3.4,, lessons learned, and tips for success

Action Plan for future priority and joint activities of the regional and global City Network Accelerators (EN/ES) (opens in new window)

An action plan will be drafted to outline future priority activities of the global and regional CNAs (T4.3) which will lay out how they can be continued beyond the project duration.

INTERLACE distance learning course (EN/ES) (opens in new window)

A distance-learning course for the next generation of actors involved in urban NBS planning, design, implementation and monitoring, building on project outputs. The course will target university students and be comprised of 6 bilingual (EN/ES) webinars and supporting documents, repurposed from project outcomes and - where necessary - redesigned for educational use. The technical functionality will be ready by M18, and pilot version by M32.

Overview of policy instruments and business cases for fostering restorative NBS (EN/ES) (opens in new window)

NINA will summarise each city’s findings in task 3.5 in a guidance document, categorizing relevant types of policy instruments for private investment and illustrating these with business case examples.

CELAC repository of restorative NBS and guidance note (opens in new window)

OPPLA will oversee integration of the Innovation Hub within the Oppla web-platform, thereby forming the “CELAC Nature-Based Solutions Repository” (equivalent to Oppla’s own “EU NBS Repository”), providing information and data (case studies, business cases, guidance etc.) relevant to the CELAC region.

City NBS Tool and guidance note (EN/ES) (opens in new window)

The City NBS Tool will be featured on the Innovation Hub and provide an intuitive, user-led approach to accessing the outputs of the project in a format that focuses on helping cities ‘package-together’ solutions specific to their individual needs. Content will include case studies, tried-and-tested tools/methods and good practice guidelines relevant to different scales and contexts. The Tool will feature an easy-to-use graphic interface, suitable for non-NBS specialists from upstream and downstream sectors (i.e. beyond environment). It will be developed using open source software so that it can be updated and expanded beyond the life of the project, e.g. accommodating the outputs of other projects and the wider community of practice.

Categorized database of good practice tools for the design, implementation, monitoring and maintenance of restorative NBS including 10 factsheets for 10 selected tools (opens in new window)

A categorized database of good practice models, tools, DST, methodologies, strategies, guidelines, standards and approaches to support the development of the NBS assessment systems and providing guidance for integrated and ecologically coherent urban planning processes. Ten approaches will be showcased on the Innovation Hub as short factsheets, highlighting their scope of application and examples of their EU and/or CELAC application.

Modified urban design tools, which integrate NBS-related information (opens in new window)

With the support of UAB and WP5, YES and TEC will integrate restorative NBS related knowledge collected or generated, key inspiration tools to invite the use of NBS by non-experts (in Archdaily, Pinterest or alike), in an architecture design solution (NBS integrated as BIM objects for tools like Revit (TEC)) and in an urban planning tool (NBS performance indicators integrated in Unlimited Cities (YES with support from the 7 Billion Urbanists association)). These adapted tools will be made available to INTERLACE cities to be used in their respective assessment systems as well as published on the Innovation Hub (supported by OPPLA) and highlighted in the regional/global CNAs to encourage uptake by wider cities.A draft report on this deliverable will be prepared by M36, to be included in the periodic reporting.

First version of communication toolkit and guidance note (EN/ES) (opens in new window)

A communication toolkit developed by OPPLA and CA will comprise a range of readymade resources for managing outreach and engagement The toolkit will be launched in Month 5 and updatedexpanded throughout the course of the project including INTERLACE brand materials logo and corporate design high quality videos animations and infographics a webinar programme sharing stateoftheart research and demonstrations of solutions developed under T43 and T53 guidance and policy notes responding to current and emerging issues an active social media campaign and educational materials for school children These resources will be available in Spanish and English as well as additional local languages of the INTERLACE cities as appropriate

Communication toolkit and guidance note (EN/ES) (opens in new window)

This is the final version of the communication toolkit (D5.1), developed by OPPLA and CA, which will comprise a range of ready-made resources for managing outreach and engagement. The toolkit will be launched in Month 5 and updated/expanded throughout the course of the project, including: INTERLACE brand materials (logo and corporate design); high quality videos, animations and infographics; a webinar programme sharing state-of-the-art research and demonstrations of solutions (developed under T4.3 and T5.3); guidance and policy notes responding to current and emerging issues; an active social media campaign; and educational materials for school children. These resources will be available in Spanish and English, as well as additional local languages of the INTERLACE cities, as appropriate.

INTERLACE project website (opens in new window)

A project website will be developed to support project management communicate about the project and disseminate information about the project and its results as well as to foster the coproduction process established by T11 Supported by OPPLA the Innovation Hub T52 will be linked to the project website and easily accessible for project website visitors thereby supporting the wider dissemination and exploitation of results Designed as a multilevel communication tool the website will contain a publicly accessible section and an internal area

Downloadable PDF version of Urban NBS Governance Atlas (EN/ES) (opens in new window)

Downloadable version of Urban NBS Governance Atlas, an interactive online database of circa 250 good practices on policy and governance instruments for urban ecosystem restoration and green space planning, including dedicated strategies/plans, planning instruments (targets, standards, scoring, green space factors), financial instruments, and supporting instruments (e.g. communication/awareness raising, participative governance approaches).

Governance performance assessment report (opens in new window)

Report summarising assessment of current governance practices for the realization of restorative NBS ie integration into municipal and private projects trainings urban competitions financing awareness raising monitoring innovation etc in each INTERLACE city

Report on lessons learned from the EU-CELAC knowledge exchange process (opens in new window)

ECO will coordinate the drafting of a summary report on lessons learned from the EU-CELAC knowledge exchange process (together with WP4), produced in a richly illustrated format to inform other collaborative EU-CELAC projects or activities.

Protocol on cultural, gender and ethics-related considerations (opens in new window)

Priority factors related to cultural ethics and genderrelated factors will be translated into a protocol for assessing and monitoring cultural gender and ethical issues within the project This will be based on the analysis conducted in task 15The protocol will contribute to T14 and in particular to the stakeholder evaluation form feed into the Innovation Hub T52 and ensure that project partners facilitate an inclusive participation of relevant stakeholders for all project activities and in particular for the coproduction process WP2 and WP3 engagement programmes WP5 and public events The application of the protocol will be monitored in T64 Complying with ethics requirements the protocol will also address activities undertaken in nonEU countries that may raise ethics issues whereby all partners must ensure that the research conducted outside the EU is legal in at least one EU Member State

Cookbook on virtual and physical interactive exchange formats for cities (EN/ES) (opens in new window)

Lessons learned from the city pairings process T42 will be collected and published by CA and UNGL in a cookbook format to support further effective exchanges between INTERLACE cities as well as beyond the project

Policy coherence analysis report (opens in new window)

Report summarising a detailed assessment of local financing urban planning territorial and construction rules and observable practices in order to identify barriers and opportunities to local planning scenarios

Summary report on monitoring ethics, gender, diversity issues in INTERLACE (opens in new window)

The monitoring of cultural, ethics and gender-related aspects will build on a dedicated protocol developed in T1.5 and integrate results gathered by the Impact Task Force (T1.2) to provide indicative statistics in the internal and final reports. Lessons learned on these issues as revealed through the monitoring will be collected by ECO, summarized in a brief report and feed into the Innovation Hub.

Report on implemented engagement programmes (opens in new window)

WWF will coordinate a summary report on the engagement programmes implemented in task 5.3

Summary note of CNA engagement with the Barometer (EN/ES) (opens in new window)

A barometer will be created by WWF as an information and assessment instrument to depict the state of CNA engagement in a visually appealing style and optimize effectiveness moving forward in the project. Results from the CNA engagement with the Barometer will be summarised in a short report.

Publications

Plural relational green space values for whom, when, and where?–A social media approach (opens in new window)

Author(s): Calcagni, F., Connolly, J. J., & Langemeyer, J.
Published in: Digital Geography and Society, Issue 5, 100065, 2023, ISSN 2666-3783
Publisher: Elsevier Lt
DOI: 10.1016/j.diggeo.2023.100065

A social-ecological-technological vulnerability approach for assessing urban hydrological risks (opens in new window)

Author(s): S. Khromova, G. Villalba Méndez, M.J. Eckelman, P. Herreros-Cantis, J. Langemeyer
Published in: Ecological Indicators, Issue 173, 2025, Page(s) 113334, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113334

Greenery in urban morphology: a comparative analysis of differences in urban green space accessibility for various urban structures across European cities (opens in new window)

Author(s): Łaszkiewicz, E., Wolff, M., Andersson, E., Kronenberg, J., Barton, D. N., Haase, D., Langemeyer, J., Baró, F., & McPhearson, T.
Published in: Ecology and Society, Issue 27(3), 2022, ISSN 1708-3087
Publisher: The Resilience Alliance
DOI: 10.5751/es-13453-270322

Tracing and building up environmental justice considerations in the urban ecosystem service literature: A systematic review (opens in new window)

Author(s): Amalia Calderón-Argelich, Stefania Benetti, Isabelle Anguelovski, James J.T. Connolly, Johannes Langemeyer, Francesc Baró
Published in: Landscape and Urban Planning, Issue 214, 2021, Page(s) 104130, ISSN 0169-2046
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104130

Metropolitan geographies of urban commons: mapping socio-economic alternatives in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (opens in new window)

Author(s): Mara Ferreri, Iolanda Bianchi, Marina Pera, Laura Calvet-Mir, Sergio Villamayor Tomás, Núria Reguero Jimenez, Sara Maestre Andrés, Marc Castelló Bueno
Published in: Urban Geography, 2025, Page(s) 1-21, ISSN 0272-3638
Publisher: V.H. Winston and Sons, Inc.
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2024.2440245

Public perception vs ecological quality status: Examining the ecological restoration of the Congost River's Environment (opens in new window)

Author(s): Quim Zaldo-Aubanell, Antoni Mas-Ponce, Guiu Asbert, Berta Clota, Manel Isnard, Lorenzo Proia, Albert Bach, Sònia Sànchez Mateo
Published in: Heliyon, Issue 10, 2025, Page(s) e34615, ISSN 2405-8440
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34615

Knowledge diversity for climate change adaptation: A social-ecological-technological systems (SETS) approach to mental models (opens in new window)

Author(s): Pablo Herreros-Cantis, Svetlana Khromova, Marta Olazabal, Timon McPhearson, Johannes Langemeyer, Marc B. Neumann
Published in: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Issue 124, 2025, Page(s) 105550, ISSN 2212-4209
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105550

Nature-based climate shelters? Exploring urban green spaces as cooling solutions for older adults in a warming city (opens in new window)

Author(s): Luma Vasconcelos, Johannes Langemeyer, Helen V.S. Cole, Francesc Baró
Published in: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Issue 98, 2024, Page(s) 128408, ISSN 1618-8667
Publisher: Urban & Fischer Verlag
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128408

Based on nature, enabled by social-ecological-technological context: deriving benefit from urban green and blue infrastructure (opens in new window)

Author(s): Andersson, E., Haase, D., Kronenberg, J., Langemeyer, J., Mascarenhas, A., Wolff, M., Elmqvist, E.
Published in: Ecology and Society, 2022, ISSN 1708-3087
Publisher: The Resilience Alliance
DOI: 10.5751/es-13580-270418

Procesos participativos inclusivos para la restauración de ecosistemas urbanos en un contexto de emergencia climática

Author(s): Maestre-Andrés, S., Salmon, N., Yepez, G.
Published in: Papers 65- Ciutats enfront l'emergència climàtica: claus per a una transició justa, 2023, Page(s) 81-100, ISSN 1888-3621
Publisher: Institut Metròpoli

Understanding the relational values between people and nature through the observation of virtual communities

Author(s): Calcagni F. & Langemeyer J.
Published in: Papers - Reptes i oportunitats de la infraestructura verda metropolitana, Issue 64, February, 2022, ISSN 2013-7958
Publisher: L’Institut d’Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona

Using crowdsourced imagery to assess cultural ecosystem services in data-scarce urban regions: The case of the metropolitan area of Cali, Colombia (opens in new window)

Author(s): Zapata, E., Calcagni F., Baró F., Langemeyer J.
Published in: Ecosystem Services, Issue 56, 2022, Page(s) 101445, ISSN 2212-0416
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101445

The food-water-climate nexus of green infrastructure: Examining ecosystem services trade-offs of peri-urban agriculture (opens in new window)

Author(s): Ricard Segura-Barrero, Johannes Langemeyer, Alba Badia, Sergi Ventura, Jaime Vila-Traver, Gara Villalba
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 951, 2024, Page(s) 175799, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175799

Urban resilience through green infrastructure: A framework for policy analysis applied to Madrid, Spain (opens in new window)

Author(s): Marta Suárez, Amaya M. Rieiro-Díaz, David Alba, Johannes Langemeyer, Erik Gómez-Baggethun, Ibone Ametzaga-Arregi
Published in: Landscape and Urban Planning, Issue 241, 2024, Page(s) 104923, ISSN 0169-2046
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104923

Transforming ambition into action to catalyse nature-based solutions: Insights from 250 good practice policy instruments (opens in new window)

Author(s): McKenna Davis, Natalia B. Cuevas, Maren H. Gvein
Published in: Nature-Based Solutions, Issue 6, 2024, Page(s) 100171, ISSN 2772-4115
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100171

Nature-based Solutions as Nodes of Green-Blue Infrastructure Networks: A Crossscale, Co-creation Approach

Author(s): Langemeyer J. & Baró F.
Published in: Nature-Based Solutions, Issue December 2021, 2021, ISSN 2772-4115
Publisher: Elsevier

Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and governance in eleven European cities (opens in new window)

Author(s): Hansen, R., Buizer, M., Buijs, A., Pauleit, S., Fors, H., Jagt, A. Van Der, Kabisch, N., Cook, M., Delshammar, T., Randrup, T. B., Erlwein, S., Vierikko, K., Langemeyer, J., Texereau, C. S., Luz, A. C., Nastran, M., Olafsson, A. S., Møller, M. S., Haase, D., … Havik, G.
Published in: European Planning Studies, Issue November, 2022, Page(s) 1-24, ISSN 0965-4313
Publisher: Carfax Publishing Ltd.
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2022.2139594

Assessing Nature-based solutions in the face of urban vulnerabilities: A multi-criteria decision approach (opens in new window)

Author(s): David Camacho-Caballero, Johannes Langemeyer, Ricard Segura-Barrero, Sergi Ventura, Angelica Mendoza Beltran, Gara Villalba
Published in: Sustainable Cities and Society, Issue 103, 2024, Page(s) 105257, ISSN 2210-6707
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2024.105257

El paper de la infraestructura verda metropolitana en relació amb la qualitat de l'aire i la mitigació i adaptació al canvi climàtic

Author(s): Baró F. & Maestre-Andrés S.
Published in: Papers - Reptes i oportunitats de la infraestructura verda metropolitana, Issue 64, February, 2022, ISSN 2013-7958
Publisher: L’Institut d’Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona

Bridging local and global vulnerabilities for an integrated assessment of nature-based solutions (opens in new window)

Author(s): David Camacho-Caballero, Johannes Langemeyer, Ricard Segura-Barrero, Gaël Vervoort, David N. Barton, Gara Villalba
Published in: Sustainable Cities and Society, Issue 130, 2025, Page(s) 106508, ISSN 2210-6707
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2025.106508

Nature-based solutions in Granollers: From ecosystem restoration to the circular economy (opens in new window)

Author(s): Romero, X.
Published in: Nature-Based Solucions, Issue Special Issue Volume 3, 2023, ISSN 2772-4115
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbsj.2023.100072

Urban agriculture — A necessary pathway towards urban resilience and global sustainability? (opens in new window)

Author(s): Johannes Langemeyer, Cristina Madrid-Lopez, Angelica Mendoza Beltran, Gara Villalba Mendez
Published in: Landscape and Urban Planning, Issue 210, 2024, Page(s) 104055, ISSN 0169-2046
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104055

Understanding the relational values between people and nature through the observation of virtual communities

Author(s): Calcagni F. & Langemeyer J.
Published in: Papers 64- Reptes i oportunitats de la infraestructura verda metropolitana, Issue 64, February, 2022, ISSN 1888-3621
Publisher: IERMB

Planning, Designing, and Monitoring of Nature-based Solutions. Guidelines to urban transformations

Author(s): Johannes Langemeyer, Sara Maestre Andrés, Isabel Melo, Nicolas Salmon
Published in: 2024, ISBN 978-628-7721-30-2
Publisher: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt

Analysis of stakeholder participation in the natural park of Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac: the case of the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism

Author(s): Ollé Mercadé, J., Maestre-Andrés, S., Calvet-Mir, L.
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Master thesis in the Master Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability

Author(s): Barricarte Armendáriz, G., Maestre-Andrés, S., Langemeyer, J.
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Promoting a transdisciplinary co creation process to design nature based solutions. The case study of Granollers, Catalonia

Author(s): Mosquera Orozco, E., Maestre-Andrés, S., Langemeyer, J.
Published in: Master thesis in the Master Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability, 2023
Publisher: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Conducting a meta-analysis of a multi-criteria assessment framework

Author(s): Leoncio Hehl, D., Maestre-Andrés, S.
Published in: Master thesis in the Master Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability, 2023
Publisher: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Facilitators and barriers of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation

Author(s): Wüllhorst T., Miñarro S., Maestre Andrés S., Langemeyer J.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Toward the Holistic Evaluation of Nature-based Solutions: A Systematic Review of Case Studies

Author(s): Sasmay Ananías F., Miñarro S., Langemeyer J., Maestre Andrés S.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Diseño y desarrollo de la metodología utilizada para la planificación y ejecución del proyecto rehabilitación ecológica urbana en La Guápil, Alajuelita, Costa Rica: aprendizajes desde La Sabanita

Author(s): Miranda M, Gutierrez M, Calderon E, Moya A and Richmond S
Published in: Sistematización de experiencias: Planificación, formación y gestión participativa, 2022, ISBN 978-9968-831-38-3
Publisher: Vicerrectoría de Extensión

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