Integrated environmental management of SmALl Green Spots in FUncTional Urban ArEas following the idea of acupuncture

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Central Europe

Date of latest update: 2023-11-15

Description

Description (EN):

In many EU cities it is difficult to save large areas for planting greenery. The attractive sites are often used for settlements or investments which provide profits for the city budget. On the other hand authorities of the cities are aware of the necessity for green spaces to inhabitants for many reasons. Not only needs for rest, recreation and aesthetic surroundings but also growing requirements for adaptation of urban areas to climate change. This urban environmental challenge needs a special solution offered by SALUTE4CE project. The main objective of SALUTE4CE is protection and development of natural resources by the integrated environmental management of green&blue infrastructure with planting native and climate resistant vegetation in FUAs lacking large sites for this function. The project will improve capacities of the public sector and related entities in management of green&blue infrastructure in FUAs by using the small spots not attractive for other purposes. The project partnership will implement the concept of urban environmental acupuncture (UEA) consisting in a surgical and selective intervention into the urban environment, instead of large scale projects that involve thousands of hectares and tremendous costs. The numerous interventions in many small spots in a FUA can provide an effect for the FUA as a whole. The partnership will develop the common methodology and criteria of selecting both spots and types of interventions which then will be applied in elaborating action plans for 4 FUAs. These action plans will demonstrate the application of the idea of UEA as an effective and innovative way of integrated environmental management in FUA to make it more liveable place. Pilot actions in the project will show in form of small investments in 4 FUAs how to implement step by step the idea of UEA. The trainings and the project handbook on UEA as well as tools for residents involvement will provide a transnational added value of the project.

Achievements (EN):

In many central European cities it is difficult to save large areas for planting greenery. These attractive sites are often used for settlements or investments, which provide profits for a city’s budget. But authorities of cities are aware of the value of green spaces for rest, recreation and aesthetic surroundings as well as for the adaptation of urban areas to climate change. The SALUTE4CE-project goal was to protect and develop natural resources through increasing the capacities of public sector, and related entities, to improve an integrated environmental management of green and blue infrastructure in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs). The project encouraged the planting of native and climate resistant vegetation in areas lacking large sites for this function and using the small plots/spots which are not attractive for other purposes. The SALUTE4CE project has implemented the concept of Urban Environmental Acupuncture (UEA). This consists of a surgical and selective intervention into the urban environment, instead of large scale projects that involve thousands of hectares and high costs. To this end the inhabitants were involved to participate in activities aiming at taking care of the small areas in their neighborhood, and promoting the planting of native and climate resistant vegetation on these areas in order to restore the biodiversity and natural heritage. Also trainings and public events were organized to show the values and benefits of planting the native vegetation. The project developed and applied the concept of urban environmental acupuncture (acting on many small places and achieving great effects due to the large number of these places), which significantly contributed to the improvement of environmental management in functional urban areas, making them better places for live and work. The partners jointly developed a common methodology and criteria for selecting both spots and types of interventions. These were applied to elaborate action plans, which fully demonstrated that urban environmental acupuncture is an effective and innovative way of integrated environmental management to live in our cities.

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Expected Results (EN): R 3.3 Status of integrated environmental managment capacities of the public sector and related entities in functional urban areas achieved through transnational cooperation for making them more liveable places.

Expected Outputs (EN):

The project results will form the following outputs: training on criteria of selection of spots for urban environmental acupuncture and on the use of the urban digital platform as a tool for urban environmental acupuncture management, action plans for FUAs urban environmental acupuncture based on transnational format elaborated by the partnership. Implementation of the project will cause environmental changes such as: change of urban landscape, strengthening of stewardship of nature capital, change in governance (use of tools supporting environmental management of green and blue infrastructure), change in resilience of FUAs to climate change. The project will also make changes in social awareness, knowledge and behaviour by involvement of residents, students and pupils in maintaining the planted spots, strengthening bonds in the community, increase of social capital. The project pilot actions will cause visible physical changes in the areas of FUAs by implementation of small investments in selected 4 spots in each partner FUA. It will significantly promote the project and the Programme. All these changes will be achieved by a transnational cooperation of institutional and regional partners who will be involved (with other invited entities) in trainings and workshops and the work on concrete project outputs. In this way the project will contribute to enhancement of integrated environmental management capacities in public sector and other entities in FUAs.

Thematic information

Urban development Sustainable management of natural resources

Specific Objective: To improve environmental management of functional urban areas to make them more liveable places

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06e) taking action to improve the urban environment, to revitalise cities, regenerate and decontaminate brownfield sites (including conversion areas), reduce air pollution and promote noise-reduction measures

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: Instytut Ekologii Terenów Uprzemysłowionych

Department: Research and Development Department

Address: Kossutha 6, 40-844 Katowice, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ietu.pl

Total budget: EUR 336 900.00

ERDF budget: EUR 286 365.00

IURS - Institut pro udržitelný rozvoj sídel z.s.

Name: IURS - Institut pro udržitelný rozvoj sídel z.s.

Address: Bulharská 1424/25, 708 00 Ostrava - Poruba, Czech Republic

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.iurs.cz

Total budget: EUR 78 375.00

ERDF budget: EUR 66 618.75

Leibniz-Institut für ökologische Raumentwicklung

Name: Leibniz-Institut für ökologische Raumentwicklung

Department: Research Area 'Landscape Change and Management'

Address: Weberplatz 1, 01217 Dresden, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ioer.de

Total budget: EUR 285 200.00

ERDF budget: EUR 228 160.00

Die Impulsregion e. V.

Name: Die Impulsregion e. V.

Department: Association of regional Authorities

Address: Graben 4, 99423 Weimar, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.impulsregion.de

Total budget: EUR 266 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 212 800.00

Comune di Alessandria

Name: Comune di Alessandria

Department: Secretary General

Address: Piazza della Libertà 1, 15121 Alessandria, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.comune.alessandria.it

Total budget: EUR 259 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 207 200.00

Fondazione Links_ Leading Innovation & Knowledge for Society

Name: Fondazione Links_ Leading Innovation & Knowledge for Society

Address: Via Pier Carlo Boggio 61, 10138 Torino, Italy

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.linksfoundation.com

Total budget: EUR 246 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 196 800.00

Mesto Liptovský Mikuláš

Name: Mesto Liptovský Mikuláš

Department: Secretary General

Address: Štúrova 1989/41, 031 42 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.mikulas.sk

Total budget: EUR 215 675.00

ERDF budget: EUR 183 323.75

LANGHE MONFERRATO E ROERO – Società consortile a responsabilità limitata Agenzia di sviluppo del territorio

Name: LANGHE MONFERRATO E ROERO – Società consortile a responsabilità limitata Agenzia di sviluppo del territorio

Department: n.a.

Address: Via Leopardi 4, 14100 Asti, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lamoro.it

Total budget: EUR 212 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 169 600.00

Miasto Chorzów – Miasto na Prawach Powiatu

Name: Miasto Chorzów – Miasto na Prawach Powiatu

Address: ul. Rynek 1, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.chorzow.eu

Total budget: EUR 193 850.00

ERDF budget: EUR 164 772.50

Śląski Ogród Botaniczny

Name: Śląski Ogród Botaniczny

Address: Sosnowa 5, 43-190 Mikołów, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.obmikolow.robia.pl

Total budget: EUR 102 850.00

ERDF budget: EUR 87 422.50

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IURS -Institute for Sustainable Development of Settlements

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Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas

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Leibniz-Institut für Ökologische Raumentwicklung

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Impulse Region

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Comune di Alessandria

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Links Foundation_ Leading Innovation & Knowledge for Society

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City of Liptovsky Mikulas

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Langhe Monferrato Roero S. C. a r.l.

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Chorzów City – City with County Rights

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Śląski Ogród Botaniczny - Związek Stowarzyszeń

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Summary

Project name (EN): Integrated environmental management of SmALl Green Spots in FUncTional Urban ArEas following the idea of acupuncture

Project acronym: SALUTE4CE

Project start date: 2019-04-01

Project end date: 2022-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 195 850.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 803 062.50

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 82.50%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 803 062.50.

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Books

HANDBOOK ON URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ACUPUNCTURE

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Book

Data source: https://programme2014-20.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/SALUTE4CE.html

Publication date: 2023-02-16

Document date: 2022-03-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Reports

URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ACUPUNCTURE SPECIALISTS

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://programme2014-20.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/SALUTE4CE.html

Publication date: 2023-02-16

Document date: 2022-03-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Central Europe

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2023-11-02

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