Urban Green as a Key for Sustainable Cities
GreenKeys focuses on the improvement of urban green spaces as a step for more sustainable cities. The three main objectives are (1) to provide incentives for structural changes in cities by offering possibilities for improvement of green spaces. The partner cities will develop together with local stakeholders a strategic approach for the pilot project to create new or improve existing green areas for more accessibility, social and recreational value and ecological efficiency. With the involvement of local actors the political attention to the benefits of green spaces to urban environment will be increased. GreenKeys will support the implementation/evaluation of pilot projects in order (2) to develop a “Pool of Green Strategies” (instruments, methods, concepts and good examples) based on the experiences to fulfil the demands concerning future needs and (3) using the synergies will promote the transfer of knowledge through a network by fostering the exchange of transnational experiences.