Objective The inter-related issues of urban sprawl, traffic congestion, noise, and airpollution are major socio-economic problems faced by most European cities. The objectives of BUGS are to investigate the potential role of green space in alleviating the adverse effects of urbanisation, and to deduce a set of guidelines regarding the use of green space as a design tool for future urban planning. Pursuing a mixture of environmental and socio-economic research, the focus is on measuring and modelling the impact of green areas on traffic flows and emissions, air quality, noise, accessibility, economic feasibility, and social well-being. Based on the findings, design guidelines are formulated and applied to a highly urbanised area. Users are actively involved as partners to help focus and steer the work. The final deliverable of the project consists of a booklet containing the design guidelines, and its efficient dissemination to the users. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering Programme(s) FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.4.-4. - Key action City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator VITO - VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK NV Address 200,boeretang 200 2400 Mol Belgium See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AAC CENTRO DE ACUSTICA APLICADA SL Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Parque tecnologico de alava, c/ leonardo da vinci 01510 Alava See on map EUROCITIES ASBL Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Square de meeus 18 1050 Bruxelles See on map KOMMUNALVERBAND RUHRGEBIET Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Kronprinzenstrasse 35 45128 Essen See on map RUHR-UNIVERSITY BOCHUM Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Universitaetsstrasse 150 44780 Bochum See on map THE DANISH TOWN PLANNING INSTITUTE Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address Norregade 11 1165 Koebenhavn k/copenhaegen See on map TRANSPORT RESEARCH CENTRE Czechia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Lisenska 33a 636 00 Brno See on map UNIVERSITE LOUIS PASTEUR, STRASBOURG 1 France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue de l'argonne 3 67070 Strasbourg See on map
