This handbook prepared in the context of Horizon 2020 provides an overview of the major challenges facing NBS procurers in the EU, along with case studies of success in addressing those barriers across nine European cities. Findings may help public authorities adapt their procurement processes to procure NBS more effectively.
The report on "Addressing Finance and Capacity Barriers for Nature-based Solutions Implementation at City Level" advocates for global action by cities to champion the call for a global policy directive for nature-based urban solutions to be at the core of cities' economic growth trajectory in the next 5 to 10 years. Read the report here!
Here you can find the conclusive report from Action 9 from the Partnership on Sustainable Land Use and Nature Based Solutions, which sets out relevant, easily adaptable and easy-to-implement sets of targets and indicators for cities. Take a look!
This session took place on Wednesday 14 October 2020, looking at several Actions developed by the Partnership and their outputs, with the goal of achieving efficient and sustainable use of land and natural resources to help create compact, liveable and inclusive European cities for everyone.
Since the 1990's, the city of Riga has lost about a quarter of its population, which has had a significant impact on land use in the city. Follow the link to read more on this case and on the topic of sustainable and circular use of spaces and buildings in a Handbook developed as a result of direct collaboration by our Circular Economy and Sustainable Land Use Partnerships! (now in EN and IT!)
The European Week of Regions and Cities 2019 gave us a chance to catch up with Alexandra Almeida on the work of the Sustainable Land Use Partnership - have a look!
This Guidebook investigates the role of Strategic Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment procedures in highlighting the effects derived from land take and soil sealing processes at planning stage, and is addressed those in charge of taking decisions on the possible applications of these procedures during the land use planning process.
The University of Bologna hosted a Public Workshop entitled 'Understanding Land Take - Indicators, Datasets, Mapping' on 7 November 2019. The conference featured various interventions by experts, most of them Partnership members, which are available on the University website.
This publication explores the contribution of the Urban Agenda for the EU to Europe’s sustainable transition by looking at its ‘green’ Partnerships.
This handbook is the result of work carried out by the Sustainable Use of Land and Nature Based Solutions and Circular Economy Partnerships. It is proposes a new, circular model of urban re-use management.
Is your city grappling with the negative effects of Urban Sprawl? You might be able to find some solutions in this video, released by the Partnership on Sustainable Land Use - take a look!
