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