Embed NBS into planning
Nature-based solutions should ultimately be integrated into existing planning instruments if their use is to be mainstreamed across your city. It is important to identify opportunities for embedding NBS or climate change adaptation in general into the planning system, and across other policy areas.
Example: Embedding nature-based solutions into the Masterplan for Valencia.
Coming soon.
GrowGreen tools:
Using Nature to Reshape Cities and Live with Water: An Overview of the Chinese Sponge City Programme and Its Implementation in Wuhan
External guidance and resources:
Green infrastructure strategies – An introduction for local authorities and their partners
Natural England
Policy guides for green infrastructure
US EPA
Developing and implementing a green infrastructure strategy
UK Green Building Council
Integrating nature-based solutions in urban planning
Openness EU project
Green City Development Tool Kit
Asian Development Bank
A guide for pollinator friendly cities: How can spatial planners and land-use managers create favourable urban environments for pollinators?
European Commission DG Environment
Benefits wheel methodology
Manchester City Council
Biodiversity in the city: Key challenges for urban green space management
Aranson et al.
Making nature’s city: A science-based framework for building urban biodiversity
San Francisco Estuary Institute
Living cities: Towards ecological urbanism
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Decision support tools for climate change adaptation
Resin project
Green infrastructure strategies – An introduction for local authorities and their partners
Natural England
Policy guides for green infrastructure
US EPA
The governance and politics of nature-based solutions
Naturvation
Green City Development Tool Kit
Asian Development Bank
‘Nature Nearby’: Accessible Natural Green Space Guidance
Natural England
A guide for pollinator friendly cities: How can spatial planners and land-use managers create favourable urban environments for pollinators?
European Commission DG Environment
Decision support tools for climate change adaptation
Resin project
Transitions Handbook
Ramses project
Planning for green infrastructure
Central Scotland Green Network
GrowGreen Newsletter December 2022
22.12.2022.
The December 2022 edition of the GrowGreen Newsletter is available here.
Read moreGrowGreen Final Conference “Cities of the future: nature-based solution for resilience in the face of climate change”
24.11.2022.
On the 8th and 9th of November, GrowGreen hosted its final event in Brest (France): “Cities of the future: nature-based...
Read moreGrowGreen Cities posters
23.11.2022.
What did the GrowGreen cities achieved in these 5 years? Have a look! Brest Manchester Modena Wroclaw Zadar Valencia NBS...
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