Space for resilience - how do we plan for stormwater, biodiversity and recreation to increase urban resilience?
Informations
- Funding country
Norway- Acronym
- -
- URL
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- Start date
- 1/1/2021
- End date
- 12/31/2025
- Budget
- 3,283,362 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLIMAFORSK - Large scale programme on Climate | Grant | - | - | 3,283,361 EUR |
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, public awareness increased of the importance of access to enough space to reduce exposure to the virus and mitigate the effects of the shutdown. Conversion of open to built-up areas causes loss of biodiversity and habitat, more floods and heat waves, and reduces recreational areas. It weakens society's resilience to shocks such as pandemics or weather - induced disasters. Changes in land use are seen as both a cause and part of the solution to counteract these negative trends. To build a more robust society, the research project SPARE focuses on the current insufficient integration of stormwater, biodiversity and recreational aspects in urban areas and how to ensure better management by preserving, restoring or implementing more blue-green infrastructure (BGI). An interdisciplinary consortium with partners from research, business and public administration will together develop and deliver knowledge and tools to municipalities, which will contribute to more sustainable land management by integrating these considerations and combining them with other purposes such as high density of built areas, public health, traffic, safety, climate adaptation and greenhouse gas reduction. SPARE will make its research useful and applicable for public administration by uncovering any policy conflicts that challenge the establishment of sustainable land management; investigate how the design and maintenance of BGI affects urban biodiversity and how to create synergies between biodiversity, stormwater and recreation in cities. We want to develop accounting principles for the use values and costs of BGI that can be used in reporting and are linked to the UN's sustainability goals. Furthermore, SPARE will develop, test and evaluate measures and management methods for stronger involvement of residents and cross-sectoral cooperation for the management of stormwater, biodiversity and recreation that can be used by municipalities.