Health-responsive planning and management of urban green infrastructure

Programme 2014 - 2020 URBACT III

Date of latest update: 2025-01-21

Description

Description (EN):

As a response to the various health risks related to rapid urbanization and the densification of cities, the Health&Greenspace project promotes health-responsive planning and management of urban green infrastructure with an overall aim to bring health and well-being benefits for citizens across Europe. A holistic approach is applied by the network that addresses the main functions provided by urban green infrastructure that deliver health and social benefits.

Achievements (EN):

This guide developed under the URBACT Health&Greenspace Network aims to support cities that are making efforts to adopt policies targeting at healthoriented planning and use of urban green spaces. The guide was prepared based on five thematic reports published under Health&Greenspace: • Impacts of Green Spaces on Physical and Mental Health (Thematic report No. 1), • Impacts of Urban Green Spaces on Social and Individual Wellbeing (Thematic report No. 2), • Urban Heat Stress and Cooling with Green Infrastructure (Thematic report No. 3), • Using Urban Greenery to Improve Air Quality (Thematic report No. 4), • Street Greening for Health and Wellbeing Outcomes (Thematic report No. 5). The potential pathways linking green space to health and wellbeing are presented in the guide in five 3 domains: Health Promotion, Wellbeing outcomes, Heat Stress, Air quality, and Noise. In addition, the guide covers also Street Greening separately as a priority area. The guide is action-focused, supporting cities in the identification of specific measures most suitable for their situations. The document displays the rich diversity of actions that cities can take to link urban green space to improved health and well-being. In Section 4, a Matrix of Policy Interventions is presented, that provides an overview of specific measures that can be adopted by cities to improve health and wellbeing outcomes with the use of urban green spaces. In the subsequent sections, potential actions are described in detail together with specific aspects that need to be considered during implementation. The various types of actions are illustrated in the Annex of this document with a number of showcases from Europe and beyond.

Website: http://www.urbact.eu

Thematic information

Health and social services Urban development

Specific Objective: To improve the capacity of cities to manage sustainable urban policies and practices in an integrated and participative way

Thematic Objective:

(11) enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration through actions to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administrations and public services related to the implementation of the ERDF, and in support of actions under the ESF to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administration.

Investment Priority:

(11 ETC) ETC specific for interregional cooperation: enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by disseminating good practices and expertise and capitalising on the results of the exchange of experience in relation to sustainable urban development, including urban-rural linkages pursuant to point (3)(b) of Article 2 (exchange of experience concerning the identification, transfer and dissemination of good practices in relation to sustainable urban development, including urban-rural linkages)

Partners (9)

Lead Partner: Budapest Főváros XII. Kerület Hegyvidéki Önkormányzat

Address: 1126 Budapest, Böszörményi út 23-25, 1126 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 163 126.79

ERDF budget: EUR 114 188.75

Gemeente Breda

Name: Gemeente Breda

Address: postbus 90156, 4800 RH Breda, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 90 454.38

ERDF budget: EUR 63 318.07

Santa Pola

Name: Santa Pola

Address: PLAÇA DE LA CONSTITUCIÓ 1, 3130 SANTA POLA, Spain

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 68 294.98

ERDF budget: EUR 47 806.49

Poznań

Name: Poznań

Address: Pl, Kolegiacki 17, 61-841 Poznań, Poland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 59 225.01

ERDF budget: EUR 50 341.26

Tartu Linnavalitsus

Name: Tartu Linnavalitsus

Address: Raekoda, 50089 Tartu, Estonia

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 56 781.19

ERDF budget: EUR 48 264.01

Suceava

Name: Suceava

Address: 1 Mai Boulevard no 5 A, 720224 Suceava, Romania

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 51 671.54

ERDF budget: EUR 43 920.81

Limerick City and County Council

Name: Limerick City and County Council

Address: Economic Development & Planning,, V94XF67 Limerick City, Ireland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 95 044.45

ERDF budget: EUR 66 531.12

Espoo

Name: Espoo

Address: P, O, Box 12, FI-020170 Espoo, Finland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 91 034.57

ERDF budget: EUR 63 724.20

Messina

Name: Messina

Address: Palazzo Satellite, Piazza della Repubblica, 4, 98122 Messina, Italy

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 74 341.52

ERDF budget: EUR 63 190.29

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Gemeente Breda

Health-responsive planning and management of urban green infrastructure

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Santa Pola

Health-responsive planning and management of urban green infrastructure

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Poznań

Health-responsive planning and management of urban green infrastructure

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Tartu City Government

Health-responsive planning and management of urban green infrastructure

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Suceava

Health-responsive planning and management of urban green infrastructure

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Limerick City and County Council

Health-responsive planning and management of urban green infrastructure

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Espoo

Health-responsive planning and management of urban green infrastructure

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Messina

Health-responsive planning and management of urban green infrastructure

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Municipality of 12th District of Budapest (Hegyvidék)

Health-responsive planning and management of urban green infrastructure

Lead partner

Project partner

Summary

Project name (EN): Health-responsive planning and management of urban green infrastructure

Project acronym: Health&Greenspace

Project start date: 2019-09-02

Project end date: 2022-08-07

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 749 974.43

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 561 285.00

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 561 285.00.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

A Climate-conscious Action Plan for Urban Space (Re)design in Tartu

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/healthgreenspace

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-08-07

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

A new park in Breda - Integrated Action Plan Seelig Park Breda

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/healthgreenspace

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-08-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Espoo´s Integrated Action Plan for health-responsive blue-green infrastructure

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/healthgreenspace

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-08-07

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Integrated Action Plan - Hegyvidék, Budapest 12

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/healthgreenspace

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Integrated Action Plan - Limerick City and County Council

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/healthgreenspace

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Integrated Action Plan - Municipality of Messina

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/healthgreenspace

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-08-07

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Integrated action plan for the promotion of health-responsive and green infrastructure in Suceava municipality

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/healthgreenspace

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Plan de acción integrado sobre infraestructura verde y salud

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/healthgreenspace

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-08-07

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

The Green Integrated Action Plan for Poznań

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/healthgreenspace

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-08-07

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Guide for Cities on Health-Oriented Planning and Use of Urban Green Spaces

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/healthgreenspace

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-07-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 URBACT III

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-03-28

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

88 / 88 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

716 / 716 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.urbact.eu), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-12-13, 2023-01-03 and 2024-02-01.

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Health-responsive planning and management of urban green infrastructure

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