Integrated NBS-based Urban Planning Methodology for Enhancing the Health and Well-being of Citizens: the euPOLIS Approach.
Urban planners and engineers are integrating nature-based solutions (NBS) to address contemporary environmental, social and economic challenges. The EU-funded EuPOLIS project will deploy natural systems to enhance public health and well-being and create resilient urban ecosystems. It will design a structured approach that integrates existing natural and engineered urban systems and define their joint social, cultural and economic effects. The project will aim to regenerate and rehabilitate urban ecosystems to create inclusive and accessible urban spaces. It will address key challenges such as low environmental quality and low biodiversity in public spaces, water-stressed resources and undervalued use of space. The project’s solutions will be tested in four cities: Belgrade, Lodz, Piraeus and Gladsaxe.
We want to see the decision-makers’ change of mindset
Despite the various discussions about the impact technology has on people’s health in the past, not only all of us accepted all these changes, but most cannot imagine their lives without them anymore, says Bimpas. The euPOLIS project is a complex, delicate process of incorporating…
Ancient heritage and bright, healthy future
Piraeus Nature-Based Solutions demo-locations Introduction Piraeus is a port city with a fascinating and ancient history, vibrant, with sights worth seeing. A city that grew and gained power, becoming an important commercial, cultural and industrial center throughout the centuries. Themistocles was the first to realize…
The euPOLIS TALKS: Professor Maksimovic, ICL
The current way of planning in Belgrade is mainly based on one principle: one aspect is improved, and several other problems are created, says Professor Maksimović Belgrade is one of the last major and capital cities in Europe that does not have a sewerage network…
Front-runner cities’ stakeholders’ meetup
Introducing the euPOLIS philosophy to the citizens Having active participation of all stakeholder groups as one of the priorities of the euPOLIS philosophy, the FR cities (Gladsaxe, Lodz, Belgrade, and Piraeus) hosted four meetings with the project representatives and local professionals, business owners, and inhabitants…
Lodz demo-location
From concrete cage to the green haven The very idea of the euPOLIS mission is to improve and revitalize neglected or underdeveloped parts of the four FR cities, along with engaging the widest possible group of stakeholders to contribute to the process of enhancing the…
City of Piraeus hosts online introductory meeting of stakeholders
The City of Piraeus hosted a Zoom meeting of the euPolis project stakeholders and introduced the co-members of the workshop:– Dr. Manthos Bimpas (NTUA, Project Coordinator) presented the euPolis mission, expected outcome and city obligations, the role of stakeholders’ engagement, and tools and methods to…
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