Periodic Reporting for period 2 - EuPOLIS (Integrated NBS-based Urban Planning Methodology for Enhancing the Health and Well-being of Citizens: the euPOLIS Approach)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2022-03-01 do 2023-08-31
The euPOLIS project emphasizes on boosting nature-based solutions (NBS), in urban planning, that consider cultural and societal aspects. This methodology has as a major advantage the synergy of people-centered approach, with significant environmental and economic benefits of Blue Green Solutions (BGS). The methodologies and results will be evaluated over four cities in Europe: Belgrade (Serbia), Lodz (Poland), Piraeus (Greece) and Gladsaxe (Denmark). Figure 1 demonstrates project’s intervention areas.
There are multiple outcomes that positively affect society. These are addressed through eight strategic objectives. At first, a coherent methodology will be delivered, capable to enhance: a) the PH and WB of citizens, b) the urban metabolism, c) the social cohesion, and d) the resilience of cities to Climate Change and natural disasters. Secondly, euPOLIS o builds an intervention-aimed livability model rooted in community needs and engaging community diverse potentials. Figure 2 explains the proposed planning methodology.
Support and enhance the participatory processes, while re-designing and transforming public spaces, is the 3rd strategic objective in euPOLIS. This scenario promotes ideas like the active socio-cultural hubs and “live community nodes”. The adopted mixed-method approach supports the design and implementation of customized spatial solutions for each case study. Monitoring and assessing the NBS impact, through quantifiable and measurable results, is the 4th objective. Figure 3 demonstrates the data acquisition process, towards that goal.
Last, but not least, euPOLIS will promote the know-how to multiple follower cities, to replicate and demonstrate the corresponding advantages of the introduced innovations. By the end of the project, the consortium will have established long-term data platforms securing open, consistent data points about the impacts of the deployed approaches, mainly regarding PH and WB, and ensure interoperability with other relevant data infrastructures for effective public consultation, exchange and sharing of practices/experiences.
There are multiple outcomes that positively affect society. These are addressed through eight strategic objectives. At first, a coherent methodology will be delivered, capable to enhance: a) the PH and WB of citizens, b) the urban metabolism, c) the social cohesion, and d) the resilience of cities to Climate Change and natural disasters. Secondly, euPOLIS o builds an intervention-aimed livability model rooted in community needs and engaging community diverse potentials. Figure 2 explains the proposed planning methodology.
Support and enhance the participatory processes, while re-designing and transforming public spaces, is the 3rd strategic objective in euPOLIS. This scenario promotes ideas like the active socio-cultural hubs and “live community nodes”. The adopted mixed-method approach supports the design and implementation of customized spatial solutions for each case study. Monitoring and assessing the NBS impact, through quantifiable and measurable results, is the 4th objective. Figure 3 demonstrates the data acquisition process, towards that goal.
Last, but not least, euPOLIS will promote the know-how to multiple follower cities, to replicate and demonstrate the corresponding advantages of the introduced innovations. By the end of the project, the consortium will have established long-term data platforms securing open, consistent data points about the impacts of the deployed approaches, mainly regarding PH and WB, and ensure interoperability with other relevant data infrastructures for effective public consultation, exchange and sharing of practices/experiences.
At first, effort was allocated on selecting the most relevant stakeholder groups to cope with the demanding tasks of the project. Criteria for the selection of volunteers and social research techniques, supporting the engagement process, were specified. Conducted analysis has evidenced an important feature of the euPOLIS project: the richness of the diverse characteristics of its FR cities' demo-sites and FL cities case studies.
Research focused on delivering a multidimensional set of indicators, suitable for assessing the impacts NBS can have on PH&WB. Indicators are divided in 5 impact categories, directly or indirectly related to PH&WB: a) social (direct and indirect), b) economic (indirect), c) environmental (direct and indirect), and d) urban development (indirect). All indicators were selected to measure NBSs’ effectiveness, in line with project’s objectives.
Project’s consortium investigated the required technologies to support development of NBS in the cities. The work focused on identifying and documenting existing technology gaps in using NBS in the demonstration cities, evaluating existing technologies and required customization to serve the project’s goals. The work was distributed among five technical pillars, namely: Wearables & applications, Permanent sensors & gateway, communication sockets and data models, visualization, and urban water simulation tools.
An innovative interactive analysis methodology, over a complex set of city/project requirements and resources, as defined in previous work packages, was applied for each demo site. The main tool for this cause is named Goal Driven Planning Matrix (GDPM). GDPM allows for the planning and detailed design of project interventions tailored to improve PH&WB at selected demonstration locations. The construction of a provisional GDPM entails to an analysis of urban synergies at demo sites and their conversion into potential interventions recommendations. Deployment of the NBS and monitoring solutions in the cities took under consideration all the information provided by the remaining work packages.
Work was carried out emphasizing on the development of the theoretical background of the euPOLIS indicator framework in close collaboration with the WP4. The entire methodology is centered around the five euPOLIS categories/domains and the identification of appropriate Challenges and Themes within each one of these categories to identify the main processes/issues that could be potentially addressed by means NBS.
Communication, dissemination and standardization activities started by creating the euPOLIS visual identity guide for partners, for the project’s visual language and potential applications. A set of media sources have been used: webpage, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Clustering activities with other projects took place, including EU call SC5-14-2019 and H2020 SC1 projects. Exploitation activities dealt mainly in identifying a sound business model, replicable to other markets and develop new resources activation techniques.
Research focused on delivering a multidimensional set of indicators, suitable for assessing the impacts NBS can have on PH&WB. Indicators are divided in 5 impact categories, directly or indirectly related to PH&WB: a) social (direct and indirect), b) economic (indirect), c) environmental (direct and indirect), and d) urban development (indirect). All indicators were selected to measure NBSs’ effectiveness, in line with project’s objectives.
Project’s consortium investigated the required technologies to support development of NBS in the cities. The work focused on identifying and documenting existing technology gaps in using NBS in the demonstration cities, evaluating existing technologies and required customization to serve the project’s goals. The work was distributed among five technical pillars, namely: Wearables & applications, Permanent sensors & gateway, communication sockets and data models, visualization, and urban water simulation tools.
An innovative interactive analysis methodology, over a complex set of city/project requirements and resources, as defined in previous work packages, was applied for each demo site. The main tool for this cause is named Goal Driven Planning Matrix (GDPM). GDPM allows for the planning and detailed design of project interventions tailored to improve PH&WB at selected demonstration locations. The construction of a provisional GDPM entails to an analysis of urban synergies at demo sites and their conversion into potential interventions recommendations. Deployment of the NBS and monitoring solutions in the cities took under consideration all the information provided by the remaining work packages.
Work was carried out emphasizing on the development of the theoretical background of the euPOLIS indicator framework in close collaboration with the WP4. The entire methodology is centered around the five euPOLIS categories/domains and the identification of appropriate Challenges and Themes within each one of these categories to identify the main processes/issues that could be potentially addressed by means NBS.
Communication, dissemination and standardization activities started by creating the euPOLIS visual identity guide for partners, for the project’s visual language and potential applications. A set of media sources have been used: webpage, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Clustering activities with other projects took place, including EU call SC5-14-2019 and H2020 SC1 projects. Exploitation activities dealt mainly in identifying a sound business model, replicable to other markets and develop new resources activation techniques.
In euPOLIS a seamless transition is performed from the existing planning methodology practiced so far, though added value of Innovative BGS methodology, demonstrated in the enhanced DS/CS (Demo Site in FR cities and Case Studies in FL cities). This project proposes a newly established, custom-made, three-layer theoretical approach to assess impacts of NBSs.
The first layer focuses on a set of evaluation indicators carefully selected to cover the whole spectrum of PH&WB. The second layer embrace the euPOLIS livability model that integrates developed indicators into seven factors to match the New European Bauhaus priorities. The third layer is built on the use of a social sustainability perspective and Business Activation Matrix to emphasize the importance of the long-term social and economic sustainability of NBS interventions.
Emphasis was given on utilizing open source, easily upgradable, data gathering tools. As such, an easy-to-setup, low-cost gateway/data logger which can accept more than one protocol simultaneously has been developed. Wearable functionalities were also considered. We had the extension, customization, and deployment of the, already established, BioAssist and MyFeel platforms according to the euPOLIS usage scenarios, which have been identified from the pilot experts and stakeholders.
Current state of the art in urban planning lacks a systemic approach to secure optimal result from necessary interactions between these groups. The Goal Driven Planning Matrix (GDPM) achieves optimal integration, based on two pillars: a) all opinions are noted for further analysis and coordination and b) GDPM makes clear distinction between “what should be done” and “how it can be done”. The Gender Related Planning Criteria (GRPC) guide is a planning guide defining interests / requirements of different population groups and, subsequently, urban components and solutions required to meet these specific requirements.
A methodology capable to provide a ranking of identified potential NBS, based on how well a particular NBS is expected to resolve the site problems, is under development. This preliminary assessment is based on literature and expert judgment and relates to five different problem categories (i.e. urban, environmental, social, economy, PH&WB), by considering the severity of such problems.
The first layer focuses on a set of evaluation indicators carefully selected to cover the whole spectrum of PH&WB. The second layer embrace the euPOLIS livability model that integrates developed indicators into seven factors to match the New European Bauhaus priorities. The third layer is built on the use of a social sustainability perspective and Business Activation Matrix to emphasize the importance of the long-term social and economic sustainability of NBS interventions.
Emphasis was given on utilizing open source, easily upgradable, data gathering tools. As such, an easy-to-setup, low-cost gateway/data logger which can accept more than one protocol simultaneously has been developed. Wearable functionalities were also considered. We had the extension, customization, and deployment of the, already established, BioAssist and MyFeel platforms according to the euPOLIS usage scenarios, which have been identified from the pilot experts and stakeholders.
Current state of the art in urban planning lacks a systemic approach to secure optimal result from necessary interactions between these groups. The Goal Driven Planning Matrix (GDPM) achieves optimal integration, based on two pillars: a) all opinions are noted for further analysis and coordination and b) GDPM makes clear distinction between “what should be done” and “how it can be done”. The Gender Related Planning Criteria (GRPC) guide is a planning guide defining interests / requirements of different population groups and, subsequently, urban components and solutions required to meet these specific requirements.
A methodology capable to provide a ranking of identified potential NBS, based on how well a particular NBS is expected to resolve the site problems, is under development. This preliminary assessment is based on literature and expert judgment and relates to five different problem categories (i.e. urban, environmental, social, economy, PH&WB), by considering the severity of such problems.