Regreen promotes urban liveability, through fostering nature-based solutions in Europe and China using evidence-based tools and improved urban governance accelerating the transition towards equitable, green and healthy cities.
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Sustainable Places Conference 2023
The 11th annual edition of Sustainable Places (SP2023) is a hybrid event with the in-person sessions hosted in Madrid, Spain. Conference Scope: Sustainability targets and climate change objectives cannot be met without addressing buildings and the
REGREEN 4th Newsletter overview
REGREEN is now already in its final year. We conclude end of February 2024 and look forward to presenting our insights, tools and guidances to bringing high quality nature into cities and to discussing challenges at our
Urban-Rural Dependencies and Opportunities to Design Nature-Based Solutions for Resilience in Europe and China
Based on the article in the 2nd newsletter Link where we introduced our strong contribution to the URP2020 Int. Conference (Sustainable & Resilient Urban-Rural-Partnerships), we elaborated a journal article in which we discuss urban-rural dependencies (see
Technical day: renaturing cities
As part of the REGREEN project, IPR organised an online technical day dedicated to the renaturation of cities on 31 January 2023 to accompany the release of its guide “Renaturating cities: methods, examples and recommendations”. The
Deliberative Valuation Workshops in European Urban Living Labs
At REGREEN, we are wrapping up the Deliberative Valuation Method (DVM) workshops in our European Urban Living Labs and we are looking forward to analyzing the rich results! At the beginning of May, we will host
URBAN LIVING
LABS
PARTNERS
being a part
of Regreen
USERS of NBS
VALUATION MODELS
BUSINESS MODELS
developed by REGREEN
START-UPS
founded
BUSINESS ACCELERATORS
organised by Regreen
CITIES
informed & inspired
TECHNICIANS
trained on NBS
through Regreen
REGREEN OBJECTIVES
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01:Integrate knowledge and evidence on benefits from NBS
REGREEN will review and assess evidence, experience and good practices of NBS, including potential positive as well as negative side effects. REGREEN will capitalise upon existing knowledge in Europe as well as in China, while focusing on how the NBS address key challenges facing urban areas, such as climate change resilience, biodiversity loss, and social equity. The project will analyse green and blue infrastructure extensively, also reflecting their socio-spatial configuration, and investigate urban populations’ accessibility, interaction with, and experience of, their natural environment and effects on health and wellbeing. Moreover, we will assess the multiple benefits and values of ecosystem services that good practice NBS provide. (WP2, WP3, WP4; WP5; contributing to Expected impacts (EI 1,2).
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02:Develop and test tools to guide, design and plan NBS
REGREEN will review and assess evidence, experience and good practices of NBS, including potential positive as well as negative side effects. REGREEN will capitalise upon existing knowledge in Europe as well as in China, while focusing on how the NBS address key challenges facing urban areas, such as climate change resilience, biodiversity loss, and social equity. The project will analyse green and blue infrastructure extensively, also reflecting their socio-spatial configuration, and investigate urban populations’ accessibility, interaction with, and experience of, their natural environment and effects on health and wellbeing. Moreover, we will assess the multiple benefits and values of ecosystem services that good practice NBS provide. (WP2, WP3, WP4; WP5; contributing to Expected impacts (EI 1,2).
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03:Consolidate business and investment models for NBS
REGREEN will review and assess evidence, experience and good practices of NBS, including potential positive as well as negative side effects. REGREEN will capitalise upon existing knowledge in Europe as well as in China, while focusing on how the NBS address key challenges facing urban areas, such as climate change resilience, biodiversity loss, and social equity. The project will analyse green and blue infrastructure extensively, also reflecting their socio-spatial configuration, and investigate urban populations’ accessibility, interaction with, and experience of, their natural environment and effects on health and wellbeing. Moreover, we will assess the multiple benefits and values of ecosystem services that good practice NBS provide. (WP2, WP3, WP4; WP5; contributing to Expected impacts (EI 1,2).
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04:Promote NBS in education, governance, and planning
REGREEN will review and assess evidence, experience and good practices of NBS, including potential positive as well as negative side effects. REGREEN will capitalise upon existing knowledge in Europe as well as in China, while focusing on how the NBS address key challenges facing urban areas, such as climate change resilience, biodiversity loss, and social equity. The project will analyse green and blue infrastructure extensively, also reflecting their socio-spatial configuration, and investigate urban populations’ accessibility, interaction with, and experience of, their natural environment and effects on health and wellbeing. Moreover, we will assess the multiple benefits and values of ecosystem services that good practice NBS provide. (WP2, WP3, WP4; WP5; contributing to Expected impacts (EI 1,2).
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