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.
How agriculture sparked the sense of personal value
The invention of agriculture approx. 11.000 years ago allowed us to develop the beauty and enchanting parts of life – creating meaning and value, ethics and activities beyond hunting and gathering, from art to music, from philosophy to science, says Daniel Podmirseg VFI. One of the…
Citizens and Scientist Hand in Hand in the Search for Urban Wellbeing
We are excited to announce that the euPOLIS project, an innovative philosophy of urban planning incorporating nature-based solutions (NBS) in the urban landscape, now starts a process of planning interventions in 4 demonstration cities. The euPOLIS will conduct a voluminous survey among the residents who…
The euPOLIS at Urban Maestro Conference
The euPOLIS team leaders are invited to the Final Conference of the Urban Maestro. This important meeting of the various social actors is scheduled on March 17th, under the auspices of the Portuguese Presidency of the EU. Urban Maestro examines how the soft (non-regulatory) powers of…
The euPOLIS – first six months in a Nutshell
The euPOLIS team held the first six-month plenary meeting aiming to present all the previous partners’ efforts through the work packages dedicated to each project realization stadium. The plenary was also an opportunity to fine-tune our policies, actions, and cooperation for the upcoming events and…
The euPOLIS experts at The Nature of Cities Festival
The euPOLIS experts, professor Anastasios Doulamis (NTUA), and professor Cedo Maksimovic (ICL) presented the project at the recently held Nature of Cities Festival in two different sessions. With the courtesy of the TNOC Festival, they shared the knowledge, philosophy, goals, technology, social aspects, experts, and…
MyFeel – Investing feelings into a better future
Have you noticed how when you feel angry, your heart starts beating faster, or when you are stressed, you might begin to sweat? This happens because several body signals are strongly correlated with your emotional status, says Elsa Katsorida, Associate Project Manager in Sentio Labs….
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