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Green sustainability to share better living.

Interim report

WP T4

TUM, UGA, EKUT

Munich Juli 2018 TUM, UGA, EKUT

Green infrastructure for better living

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CONTENT

1 Interim status Pilots ....................................................................................................... 3

1.1 Munich ................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

1.2 Grenoble ......................................................................................................................................................................... 12

1.3 Vienna .............................................................................................................................................................................. 14

1.4 Salzburg .......................................................................................................................................................................... 16

1.5 Trento ............................................................................................................................................................................... 18

1.6 Region Piemont ........................................................................................................................................................... 20

1.7 Ljubljana .......................................................................................................................................................................... 22

2 Recommendations for closer cooperation between partners ................................ 25

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1 Interim status

Pilots Aim of the interim report is to give insight in

the pilot projects and their current status.

Based on the Pilot Action Plans, interviews

and observations, the pilot projects are,

therefore, analysed for several criteria. These

criteria have been identified in the course of

the LOS_DAMA! project as important for

green infrastructure development, planning

and governance.

The criteria are:

Issues and objectives describe the issues

regarding green infrastructure development,

planning and governance in the pilot project

and/or its wider context. These are in general

spatial/territorial issues in combination with

related issues regarding governance, policies

and instruments of green open spaces. The

issues and objectives determine the actions

taking in the pilot project.

The Project activities section describes the

activities the pilot partners will take during the

pilot project to reach the before mentioned

objective(s). The section might also contain

methods and tools described in a later

section.

In the Project progress section, the current

status of the pilot project is given. It gives

short overviews which activities have been

carried and which activities are planned for

the coming months. The section also allows

specifying any reasons for delay of the pilot

project activities.

The section collaborative governance

focuses upon cross-sectoral and cross-

network cooperation mainly between

governmental stakeholders, yet also with and

between non-governmental stakeholders,

such as interest groups, to reach adaptive

management of landscape and GI related

issues. More generally, collaborative

governance underscores the need of vertical

and horizontal coordination between actors

and scales (Beaurain, 2002; Le Galès, 1995),

and is expected to better consider local and

regional knowledge in making policies and

experimenting innovations (Buijs et al., 2016;

European Commission, 2001) . In the

section, the stakeholders and the means for

collaboration are in short marked out.

Participative governance is the participation

in governance processes of non-

governmental actors, such as local

communities, neighbourhoods, inhabitants,

citizens or the general public. These actors

might be member of a governmental body,

yet their role in the project does not serve any

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decision- or policy making (Tress et al.,

2005). In the section, a short overview of the

participants is given as well as a preliminary

analysis of the level of participation.

Within a project, stakeholders can have

different roles and levels of participation.

Tress et al. (2005), define four levels of

participation. On the lowest level, participants

are informed about the pilot project. On the

second level, participants are consulted and

provide input for the pilot project. On the third

level, the participants are involved in the

project and influence the project. On the

fourth level, participants are controlling and

steering the project.

Fig. 1. Levels of stakeholder participation (by

Tress et al. 2005)

Strategic processes are often determined

by one or more of the following criteria: multi-,

inter-, or transdisciplinary; short-term and / or

long-term; multiscale; plan nesting /

embedding; flexibility / adaptability; test

cases.

Fig. 2. Overview of concepts: disciplinary,

multidisciplinary, participatory, interdisciplinary

and transdisciplinary (by Tress et al. 2005)

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The implementation section aims to give

insight in the difficulties, barriers and

successes with the implementation of the

pilot project. The focus lays on external

factors for success or non-success, instead

of the internal factors related to pilot project

management.

The methods and tools section gives a

summary of the main methods and tools as

also identified for the toolbox.

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1.1 Munich

The open and green spaces in the City of

Munich and its surrounding municipalities are

under pressure from urban growth, physical

as well as functional. In cooperation with local

interest groups, the aim of the three pilot

projects is to preserve and enhance these

open and green spaces through awareness-

raising, improving collaboration between

actors and increasing the commitment of

them to open and green space development.

Pilot project A: Regionalmanagement

München Südwest (RMMSW)

Issues and objectives

The areas of south-west Munich with its

forests, Wurm river and open agricultural

spaces is under pressure from urban growth.

This leads to more built-up areas, loss of

open spaces, stronger fragmentation of green

spaces including recreational infrastructure,

and more recreational pressure with a

diversification of users and leisure activities.

The intention is to improve the landscape

identity of locals and raise awareness for its

landscape issues and values. Moreover, the

pilot project offers the possibility to raise trust

between local actors and gain information on

landscape qualities and people’s attitude

towards landscape issues.

Project activities

An informal joint kick-off walk along the Wurm

River allowed stakeholders to get acquainted

with each other. The same stakeholders were

invited to participate in a workshop to frame

the landscape treasure hunt. Student project

work provided input for discussion at the

workshop. The landscape treasure hunt is a

PP GIS online survey, which is promoted by

local face-to-face events. The results of the

survey are further discussed in a follow-up

stakeholder workshop to further define the

landscape treasure map.

Project progress

With the publication of the landscape

treasure map in December 2018, the pilot

project ended. The landscape treasure map

is a free printed handout in postcard format

with a small drawn map with icons for each of

the 10 identified treasures as well as short

descriptions of possible activities in the area.

The map is promoted through local journals

and on different platforms (Facebook site of

the City of Munich, the LOS_DAMA!

website...) and is available in local public

places like libraries, PlanTreff etc. The

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feedback on the map has been positive and

the map is frequently requested.

Collaborative governance

Representatives of different interest groups

participated in the pilot project, though it

proved difficult to reach, often younger,

interest groups with a different background

such as recreation as they are not always

formally organised. Less focus was on

involving local politicians and decision-

makers. In the end, this can be seen as a lost

opportunity to anchor landscape issues more

firm on the political agenda. More thought

can go on how to involve different

stakeholders separately in different

intensities.

Governance participative

The pilot project has a strong focus on

participation by involving local interest groups

in workshops and raising awareness by the

local public through the landscape treasure

hunt (PP GIS, 250 participants).

Strategic process

This transdisciplinary pilot project can be

seen as a great test case for awareness-

raising and method implementation. Question

is still how results might be embedded in

other projects or plans.

Implementation

The local partner RMMSW is committed as

LOS_DAMA! makes it possible to join forces

to push processes. The PP GIS functioned

well and supported the visibility of RMMSW

and LOS_DAMA! However, it also provided

additional challenges regarding data analysis.

With the selection of methods, purposeful,

thoughtful and professional employment

should be more considered.

Methods and tools

Regional landscape treasure-map

through a PP GIS online survey

Joint walk on site

Market place of co-creation and

participation – local face to face event

Interdisciplinary workshops

Student workshops

Pilot project B: Verein Dachauer Moos

(VDM)


The landscape of Dachauer Moos is a former

moor area with remaining patches of moor

and heathland and a high biodiversity. The

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area is nowadays characterised by

agricultural use. To preserve and enhance

the natural and cultural assets of the

Dachauer Moos system, inter-municipal

collaboration is required. The aim is to bring

the importance of the Dachauer Moos into

the mind of politicians and decision-makers.

The pilot project focuses, therefore, on

bringing together key (administrative)

stakeholders from different political levels

(state and local), various disciplines, experts

from nearby and further away as well as daily

users of the Dachauer Moos to exchange on

ideas for future development of the

landscape.

Project activities

A Landscape Development Conference

brought together all key stakeholders for a

cross-sectorial exchange. During the

conference, mayors of concerned

municipalities and district authorities

(Landräte) are to sign a joint declaration to

work together on the development of the

Dachauer Moos and find an agreement of

strategic goals. The Conference was set-up

in an unconventional format. The first part of

the program highlighted perspectives from

local user groups representing hunters,

farmers, historians, voluntary

conservationists, photographers, and hiking

guides. Part 2 was set by the ministry and

had a more scientific focus on the local,

alpine and international importance of moor

areas in the context of climate change. The

third part was a “Market of possibilities” in

which the values of the former moor areas for

different users were pointed out and new

ideas for further collaboration and

development in the Dachauer Moos were

generated.

Project progress

The Landscape Development Conference

took place in October 2018. The event

received outstanding feedback and worked

as a catalyst for further activities beyond the

pilot project. In December, beyond the pilot

project, a scientific expert seminar as well as

a first interdisciplinary meeting to find

synergies for practical projects took place.

Further exchange will continue.


Representatives of different interest groups

and administrative stakeholders from

municipalities and Landkreise were invited.

Two county councillors and nine mayors were

to sign a declaration to form a partnership.

Moreover, due to close cooperation, EUSALP

/ StMUV will join and add an event for the

Climate Protection Program Bayern (KliP). To

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give additional weight to the conference, the

Bavarian Minister for Environment and

Consumer Protection attended. Though the

presence of the Minister is a big advantage,

this also requires intelligent planning and

communication to keep the focus of the event

on the enhancement of Dachauer Moos

instead of political campaigning.


Although, the conference focused more on

politicians and decision-makers, statements

from the public, VDM and scientists,

supported the exchange on different political

levels and between different disciplines.

Stakeholders included daily users – people

who work and live in the area, and farmers,

as they play an important role in the

enhancement of the landscape and

representatives for other uses like hunting,

history, nature conservation, photography

and recreation. They got a very important role

in the program schedule and were scheduled

directly after the general welcome. The

Landscape Conference provided

opportunities to raise-awareness with the

general public about the value of Dachauer

Moos, yet not all opportunities are taken.

Strategic process

This transdisciplinary project brings together

different stakeholders and promotes

exchange between different political levels,

disciplines as well as user groups. With the

declaration signed by political stakeholder,

this multidisciplinary project aims to secure

the issue of Dachauer Moos on the long-term

political agenda. The idea behind it is that the

declaration will be embedded in the planning

systems of the concerned municipalities. Yet,

follow-up activities might be needed to

actively implement the declaration.

Implementation

The close cooperation with EUSALP /

Michaela Künzl / StMUV made it possible to

invite the Minister. Positioning the date of the

conference close to the elections might have

helped to reach politicians. The declaration

was a big step in the implementation process.

VDM and the City of Munich designed it and

then sent it out to the different municipalities

for review and feedback. Then the curiosity

started: one municipality gave it to the city

council to review and the declaration was

rejected by democratic vote. With that

decision one municipality out of nine wouldn´t

sign and VDM as a collective association

decided not to sign it at all, because it

represents a collective of all municipalities.

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However, the conference created a lot of

positive energy and allowed to move forward.

Methods and tools

Landscape Conference

o Personal perspectives from the

local public

o Political perspectives

o Market of possibilities

Declaration

Pilot project C: Heideflächenverein

München Norden e.V. (HFV)


In 2007, the Landscape Strategy Munich

North was compiled on behalf of the HFV to

balance aims of landscape preservation,

nature conservation, cultural heritage and

recreation in the gravel plains north of Munich

and in particular its heathlands. Now 10 years

on and with further increased pressure from

urban growth, the aim is to 1) evaluate the

strategy and 2) to better its communication to

stakeholders e.g. through better visualisation

of the strategy plan.

Project activities

TUM master students in Landscape Planning

evaluated the Landscape Strategy. The aim

was to identify success factors and

implementation barriers. In collaboration with

the HFV, an assignment is commissioned to

better the communication of the strategy, in

particular the visualisation, to key

stakeholders. Furthermore, an identification

of key stakeholders, such as sectorial

administrations, politicians and economic

interest groups, will be conducted.

Project progress

Three student studies on the Landscape

Strategy have been concluded and two more

studies are being conducted during the next

semester. Yet, the general pilot project is

delayed. The concrete goals are to be

defined in September 2018. So, it is time to

work on it.


The cooperation with the HFV is good, mainly

through personal communication. The aim is

to improve the communication of the

landscape development strategy to key

stakeholders. However, unclear is whether

and how these stakeholders will be involved

in the pilot project.


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Participation of local communities, inhabitants

or the general public is not foreseen in the

pilot project description. In the light of the

increasing recreational pressure and

outcomes of the student work, it might be

beneficial to look how the public can be

involved in the following steps.

Strategic process

Part of the project is an evaluation of the

informal 10-20 year landscape strategy in

cooperation with TUM University and how to

adapt it for the future. Opportunities may lie in

linking the pilot project with other plans or

projects, include other sectors and to explore

short-term implementation measures to

promote the strategy and increase

commitment.

Implementation

As the main activities for the pilot project

have not been started or defined yet,

implementation cannot be evaluated.

Methods and tools

Student evaluation studies

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1.2 Grenoble-Alpes


Grenoble’s peri-urban areas are under

pressure due to the lack of available land

(geographical context) and to urban sprawl.

Although, several policies address the related

issues, environmental and planning policies

still have to be better linked in order to

improve their efficiency and to be able to

promote a strong model to protect and

valorise natural areas around the city. In this

context, “Landscape” is seen as a medium to

bring different sectorial policies and actors

together and strengthen this objective.

Project activities

Project activities take place at two levels. At

the macro scale of GAM’s peri-urban spaces,

the area was analysed on three dimensions:

territory, landscape and GI related policies.

The specificities of landscape issues in

Grenoble’s peri-urban areas are summarized

in a “diagnosis and challenges” report. This

preparatory work forms a framework in which

pilot activities will take place. Before

implementing these pilot activities, GAM

gathers stakeholders’ input (planning and

sectorial GAM experts, representatives from

regional natural parks, experts from the

Urban Agency of the Grenoble Region) to

better adapt activities to local needs.

Stakeholder seminars are organised to

discuss common stakes and objectives,

which also further synergies between actors.

To raise awareness from the political

viewpoint, a meeting will be organised in late

2019, at the end of the project. Pilot activities

are developed mainly to raise awareness:

four Master Classes, an exhibition on

“periurban landscape transformations” and a

treasure hunt in “Les Vouillants” recreational

park, all with the aim to highlight the role of

natural amenities and to mobilise

stakeholders on this issue.

Project progress

In 2018, the implementation of pilot activities

was delayed due to uncertainties regarding

their content and lack of staff. Moreover, it

took some time to involve internal experts

and to work as a team. The hiring of extra

support dedicated to pilot activities allowed to

move the project forward. In mid-2019, four

stakeholder seminars have been conducted

and two are pending. The results will be

presented and discussed with local elected

representatives in autumn 2019. Based on

these discussions, proposals for policy

measures (strategy, objectives, methods, and

budget) are further developed to the end of

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the project. The master classes took place on

the 16th of November 2018, on the 7th of

March 2019, the 28th of May 2019 and the

13th of June 2019). The “Les Vouillants

treasure hunt” (13th of October) was very

successful with more than 1.500 participants

and will be played again in autumn 2019.

GAM is also working on replicating it in

another recreational park.


Collaborative governance is developed

through the diagnosis of the site-related

interests. Stakeholders are internal

departments, Natural Regional Parks, local

experts from NGOs, universities and inter-

municipal governments within and beyond

GAM perimeter.

Participative governance participative

There is no real participative governance

approach. Citizen or NGOs are targeted more

as beneficiaries (they will come to the

exhibition, they have attended the treasure

hunt) than as participants of the project.

Strategic process

Local activities developed within LOS DAMA

intend to complete the set-up of the new local

inter-municipal urban plan and especially to

highlight landscape and biodiversity interests.

More specifically, they aim at raising

awareness amongst both practitioners, local

decision-makers and citizens. These

activities converge on the objective to

address the challenge of influencing the

decision-making process of planning and

implementing green policies (GI, green

spaces, agriculture, biodiversity …) in the

next political period (local elections in March

2020).

Implementation

The involvement of local staff and experts

within GAM is good in the seminars, yet it

remains complicated to involve them on a

daily basis to work on the topic, due to a lack

of availability. This is a general issue for

European projects in the French

administration.

Main methods and tools

Landscape dynamics analysis

Biannual partnership seminars to share

knowledge and design proposals

Master class

Treasure hunt

Student workshops

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1.3 Vienna


Functionally and physically, the core city

Vienna is expanding beyond its

administrative borders into the city region,

resulting in urban sprawl and a need for

green space.

The City of Vienna and the neighbouring

municipality of Gerasdorf want to develop

a green corridor located at the border of

the Länder Vienna and Lower Austria,

which will help to close the Viennese

Green Belt and create a link between

recreational and natural areas. Yet, cross-

border cooperation between the Länder

remains voluntary. Moreover, the pilot

area is situated in a productive agricultural

area with a high percentage of private

ownership. Additional aims are

to raise awareness upon the importance of

this area for the Vienna region,

create a space to bring inhabitants of

Gerasdorf and Vienna closer together as

well as

create an innovative culture of cooperation

between the Länder Vienna and Lower

Austria and within different Departments of

the City of Vienna (renewed working

practices).

Project activities

A Landscape Plan has been developed

through steering group meetings, dialogues,

a workshop of ideas and a green space

conference. This plan is currently elaborated

in a Local Action Plan and local

implementation measures. Moreover, the

project will be monitored. Therefore, a

monitoring framework will be set up.

Project progress

Due to a solid upstream work, the

implementation of the local pilot did not

experience any delay. The Landscape Plan

has been finalised in November 2017 and

was successfully presented in June 2018 to

the Urban Development Commission of the

City of Vienna. The Local Action Plan and the

monitoring framework will be finalised in

2019.


Success of collaborative governance (cross-

sectoral and cross-municipal) is facilitated by

the Steering Committee, acting both as a

local “think tank” and a decision-making

arena. It brings together technical and

political stakeholders from Vienna

(Department of Urban Planning, and of

Environment) and Lower Austria, as well as

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representatives of the Chamber of Agriculture

and other experts. Thanks to this structure,

concrete cooperation could be achieved for

the first time between the Länder as well as

across departments. Dialogues with specific

stakeholders (hunters and farmers) at the

beginning of the process facilitated better

involvement of these key players into the

project.


The format chosen for participative

governance in the Viennese pilot mainly

takes the form of information and consultation

of citizens. PR activities, such as Info-

meetings, worked quite well with 150 persons

participating. Through the name voting and

the participative implementation actions,

citizens stayed involved after the finalisation

of the landscape plan and experiences direct

result. Yet, participative governance remains

challenging: an ad hoc association could

further strengthen participation, but is

complicated to implement.

Strategic process

Beyond the timeframe of LOS_DAMA!, the

Steering Committee will stay active thanks to

a five-year commitment. This long-term

reflection seems consolidated by the potential

“spin-off” of the project: to reinforce the

collaboration beyond administrative borders.

Other municipalities from Lower Austria seem

interested in such experience. Short-term

local implementation measures helped to

keep participants motivated by direct results.

Due to this transdisciplinary project a key

piece of a larger green network was

developed.

Implementation

The framework of an EU project served as

leverage effect, especially in debates with

landowners. The project implementation is

very logical with findings from the workshop

of ideas and the green space conference

feeding into the reflection on the landscape

plan. The participation of the Department

“Stadt-Umland Management” as an observer

also contributed to facilitate rapid contact

between stakeholders.


Individual dialogues with landowners and

groups of stakeholders:

Workshop of ideas

Green space conference

Name searching for project area

Field trips with stakeholders by foot / bike

Steering group meetings

Landscape Plan

Local Action Plan

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1.4 Salzburg

Pilot ‘Ökopool’


As a countermeasure to the high land use

pressure and low density urban sprawl in the

Salzburg region, a collaboration of the City of

Salzburg and surrounding municipalities

defined a green belt in the peri-urban zone.

To further develop this regional green belt

into a green infrastructure for recreation as

well as nature conservation, a steering

platform for an ecological compensation

account, the so-called “Ökopool” (Eco-pool),

is being established. This regionally

coordinated platform manages financing

possibilities as well as a ‘pool’ of

compensation areas. As part of the pilot

project, the aim is to identify and plan, on a

supra-local level, suitable compensation

areas key for the green belt’s

interconnectivity and multifunctionality. At the

same time, the ambition is to improve

informal inter-municipal and cross-sectorial

cooperation on a city-regional level.

Project activities

To identify possible compensation areas, an

extensive GIS-analysis is carried out. A

landscape plan further steers the

identification of key areas and

interconnectivity of the green infrastructure,

whereas local action plans support

implementation of the first compensation

measures.

Project progress

The cautious start with many individual

discussions proved to be an advantage for

better acceptance and the project is now

surpassing expectations. A contract has been

awarded to an external expert “Revital” for

the technical conception, planning and

execution of the Eco-pool as well as

facilitating the workshops and forums.

Workshops with stakeholders and forum

events for a wider professional public are

being organised. The first areas for a future

Eco-pool are expected to be available from

2019.


A steering group of the Regional Association

Salzburg City and the Surrounding

Municipalities, the City of Salzburg, the

Federal State of Salzburg, the District

Authority of Salzburg and SIR lead the

project. External experts, such as the

German Landscape Conservation

Association, consult the steering group on the

Eco-pool strategy and process. Three

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workshops are planned for the steering group

and core stakeholders, though unclear is

what the aim of these workshops is.


The participation of non-governmental

stakeholders plays a lesser role in this

project. Nevertheless, for the Eco-pool to

succeed, exchange with (private) property

owners is essential. The aim is to contact

owners of potential compensation areas after

a workshop with the steering group and

nature conservation authorities and refining

the Eco-pool strategy. Moreover, workshop

and forum events are organised to foster

participation of property owners, politicians,

interest groups and the general public. At this

moment, it is unclear how these stakeholders

will be involved and what their role will be.

Strategic process

By involving more stakeholders with each

step in the process, the project becomes

steadily more multidisciplinary and on the

long-term might even become inter- or

transdisciplinary. The strategic landscape

plan is meant to steer green infrastructure on

the long-term and prevent ad-hoc

compensation measures. On the short or

intermediate term, local implementation

measures could promote the project and

provide test cases to further develop the Eco-

pool. Though local measures are mentioned,

it remains unclear when and how they will be

implemented. Actions to consolidate the Eco-

pool are being made planned through follow-

up projects, legal adjustments and nesting

the Eco-pool ideas in the new development

plan of the Federal State of Salzburg.

Implementation

As the project aims to build up a network and

promote a cooperation mentality, a cautious

and gradual process is required. Sometimes

different interests or strategies collide which

one must defuse. Likely several lessons can

be learned from the experiences with such a

process. A lack of resources makes it hard to

establish a broad participatory effort.


Landscape vision/plan

Project sponsorship development

Awareness-raising marketing

Steering group

Information events/workshops

Stakeholder meetings

Conference/Forum events

Local Action Plans

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1.5 Trento


In the last decennia, Trento’s urban

development led to an expansion of low

quality peri-urban residential and industrial

areas and a dispersion of productive and

intensive agriculture. These peri-urban areas

lack good quality and open spaces are

fragmented. The central question is how a

green infrastructure can be developed, which

will enhance connectivity for biodiversity and

recreation, and will promote urban agriculture

and valorisation of unused plots.

Consequently, transversal / cross-sectorial

cooperation between departments need to

fostered and awareness for PUGI needs be

raised through sharing knowledge and values

with a broader audience and citizen

participation.

Project activities

A multi-scale approach is applied to be able

to develop a comprehensive regional plan in

the coming years to plan and manage GI. An

innovative analysis on urban orchards and

potential uncultivated areas for urban

agriculture provides input for the regional

plan, while working groups are set-up to

promote cross-sectorial cooperation. On an

intermediate scale level, the accessibility and

path connectivity of the current GI is being

mapped while solutions for improvement are

sought for in different workshops. Practical

implementation projects, such as building a

community orchard and redesigning a cycling

path, are carried out locally in collaboration

with stakeholders.

Project progress

Due to a late political approval of the City

Council, the GIS-analysis is a bit behind

schedule. Nevertheless, its first findings of

the GIS-analysis were presented in 2018 to

councils of neighbouring municipalities, who

reacted positively. Citizen’s involvement in

these municipalities is aimed to be further

developed between the end of 2018 and

spring 2019. Regarding the activity dedicated

to path connectivity, a road map for

intervention was developed to gather

initiatives from different departments and a

digital tool jointly developed with local high-

schools.


To develop a regional GI plan, collaboration

on a regional level between the City of Trento

and neighbouring municipalities is pivotal.

However, it remains unclear how this

collaboration, besides plenary presentations,

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is being supported in the project. Regarding

cross-sectorial cooperation between

departments, work groups are being set –up.

However, cross-department cooperation still

appears to be hindered by rigid administrative

structures.


Within the pilot project, involvement and

collaboration with local stakeholders, the

general public and with universities plays a

big role. Citizens and NGOs are being

involved in analysing peri-urban open spaces

and path connectivity, and in co-creating a

map tool for territorial marketing to enhance

existing green networks. This digital tool was

tested by schools located in peri-urban areas,

validated by the Environment Commission of

the City Council, and its scope should now be

extended within an existing participatory plat-

form. More information about how citizens

and stakeholders are being involved is

however welcome.

Strategic process

Activities are conducted on different spatial

and time scales and in planning process

stages from analysis to implementation.

Short-term local implementation projects are

test cases and provide together with planning

activities on the scale of city districts input for

a regional plan on the long-term. Yet, how the

different activities are linked can be explained

more. Local pilot activities are spread across

the peri-urban fringe to strengthen the pilot

project effect. The collaboration with different

sectorial departments, administrations,

NGOs, citizens and universities makes this a

transdisciplinary project.

Implementation

From the beginning, implementation of pilot

activities in Trento benefitted from a strong

interest from other city departments.

Implementation of pilot activities is

nevertheless challenged by the lack of

innovative vision of political bodies who still

consider built environment as a key factor for

city development.


Analysis of urban orchards and unused

plots combining GIS, land use data and

landowner surveys

Participatory mapping of “landscape

hotspots” in peri-urban areas

Map tool for territorial marketing

Participatory design and implementation

activities

Practitioners’ festival

Practitioners’ workshop

Cross-sectorial working groups

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1.6 Region Piemont


The pilot project aims at the contribution of

peri-urban green infrastructure (GI) to climate

change, and in particular to improving air

quality. To do this, it further develops the

concept of “Corona Verde”, which refers to a

large territory surrounding the city of Torino

with initiatives related to GI and linking it with

biodiversity, tourism and cultural heritage.

The proposed project is focussed on further

defining linkages between GI and ecosystem

services, and testing methods to better

implement GI at multiple scales. In addition,

the project aspires to make municipal

stakeholder more familiar with the concept of

GI.

Project activities

The pilot is subdivided into several actions: 1)

further defining the Corona Verde Plan into

an integrated spatial vision based on an

ecosystem services (ES) assessment in

collaboration with EUSALP AG 7; 2)

introducing GI into spatial and urban planning

at an inter-municipal level through an ES-

based stakeholder analysis, participatory

mapping, a multi-criteria decision analysis, a

cost-benefit assessment, economic

assessment and stakeholder participation; 3)

based on the latter activity, drafting a

concrete landscape plan for a local selected

area.

Project progress

Project implementation is on time due to a

well-defined schedule. The ES assessment

on the regional Corona Verde scale has been

finalised.


To introduce GI into spatial and urban

planning, collaboration with two municipal

unions (10-15 municipalities) is foreseen, but

seems rather top-down or research driven. It

is unexplained how participation of municipal

stakeholders will go beyond providing input

for academic methods. Since no law enforces

municipalities to build common planning

tools, it is intended to create a local MoU to

gear municipal actions towards landscape

projects implementation. More attention

needs to be paid to the needs of municipal

stakeholder and relevant outcomes for them.


Also participative governance seems top-

down or research driven. Interest groups,

local communities, and inhabitants might be

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involved on an inter-municipal level, if they

are identified in the stakeholder analysis as

key stakeholders. Yet, whether their role

might expand beyond providing input is

unsure. Cooperation with private stakeholder

concerning blue infrastructure is planned to

raise awareness upon the value of water for

citizens. More information on how this will be

done is welcome. In addition, it might be

beneficial to look how project results can be

disseminated to a larger public.

Strategic process

The pilot applies a multiscale approach with

each scale providing a framework for the

lower scale. The Corona Verde appears as a

strategic “umbrella plan” enabling better

synergies between various sectoral plans.

Further transfer of LOS DAMA’s findings in

local policies is envisaged through the

implementation of ESS payment at the

regional scale. It seems intended; that at

each scale level also other planning process

stages from analysis to implementation would

be addressed. However, due to the strong

focus on analysis methods, it is undecided

whether this will be achieved.

Implementation

It is undefined how on the inter-municipal

level, integration of GI in spatial and urban

planning will be achieved by the proposed

methods. No results are defined to help

introduce the GI concept to the local

administrative context or to deliver a draft

local landscape plan. The set-up of the

project is very academic and the value for

local stakeholders is ambiguous. This is

especially a pity, as there is mistrust towards

EU projects due to lack of tangible projects

results. This is also a result of having no

specific department at the regional scale

dedicated to EU affairs. However, if Piemont

wants to present concrete outputs to

decision-makers, the project process needs

to be redirected to include local stakeholder,

their values and needs more.


ES assessment on the regional scale

Integrated territorial vision

ES-based stakeholder analysis

Participatory mapping

Multi-criteria decision analysis

Cost-benefit assessment

Economic assessment

Memorandum of Understanding

Landscape plan

Workshops

Focus groups

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1.7 Ljubljana


Ljubljana Marsh Nature Park is a unique

mosaic landscape with wetlands, water

courses, hedges and forest. This landscape

with its high biodiversity is a result of natural

conditions and century long cultivation

practices. Two thirds of the area is still in

agricultural use and 83% is privately owned.

Furthermore, the area holds some popular

recreational destinations for local people as

well as from the city of Ljubljana and beyond.

The challenge is to sustainably develop the

area, balance interests for nature

conservation, agriculture, cultural heritage

and recreation and improve the living and

economic standards for inhabitants.

Project activities

On a regional level, a comprehensive plan for

green infrastructure for the whole Ljubljana

Marsh Nature Park is being devised in

cooperation with governmental and non-

governmental stakeholders. Intention is to

link to a wider regional and even to a national

network and implementation on different

governance levels.

For a focus area on the local level, strategies

for dealing with recreational pressure are

being developed in cooperation with the local

community and tourism experts in social

innovation labs. The aspiration is to upgrade

the strategies as well as applied methods to

other local areas.

Project progress

Initial activities such as the expert spatial and

policy analysis for the potentials of GI

development, tourism and recreation, a GIS-

analysis, and the in-depth stakeholder

analysis have been carried out. A second

round of interviews started in June, which

was later than planned. The questionnaire

and the observation and behavioural

mapping have started, though uncertain is

whether results can be applied in the

workshops, which are planned for

September.


Stakeholders from municipalities and interest

groups have been asked to participate and

provide input through e-mail inquiries and

interviews. It is unclear whether these

stakeholders are selected based on the in-

depth stakeholder analysis. There has been

personal communication and meetings with a

select group (City of Ljubljana, Park

Management and 3 local municipalities). At

the moment, stakeholders mainly seem to

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deliver input for and give feedback to

materials prepared by the project group

experts. The planned workshops have the

potential to engage the stakeholders more

with analyses and plan preparation.


To the general public, the pilot project results

are being disseminated by a LOS_DAMA!

festival. For the local activities, the local

community will be involved in ‘social

innovation labs’. We are looking forward to

hear more about the ‘labs’; their organisation,

the role of participants, how citizens were

effectively involved and the outcomes.

Strategic process

The pilot activities focus on two levels:

regional and local. The regional activities

seem to aim to build a long-term strategy

through a multidisciplinary approach with

different sectorial actors providing input. The

local activities focus more on short-term

strategies through a transdisciplinary

approach. However, the relation between the

regional and local activities is unclear.

Implementation

Main difficulty seems to be to engage

stakeholders in the pilot project, in particular

stakeholders from agriculture. Moreover, due

to organisational changes or shifting of

priorities, some rather important stakeholders

decided not to participate (anymore). Spatial

databases turned out to be inapt for the pilot

project area.


Social innovation labs

Observation and behavioural mapping

In-depth stakeholder analysis

Workshops for different stakeholders

Festival

Green infrastructure plan by experts

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1 Due to delay in the implementation of pilot activities, potential best practices from Grenoble could not be taken into consideration within this interim report

2 Recommendations for closer cooperation between partners

MUC GAM VIE SIR TRENT PIEM UIRS

MUC

MUC RMMSW local face-to-face events with general public in pilot area MUC RMMSW employment of student workshops MUC RMMSW PPGIS

MUC HFV employment of student studies for evaluation

MUC RMMSW local face-to-face events with general public in pilot area MUC RMMSW PPGIS

MUC RMMSW PPGIS MUC VDM Declaration at political level to reach better involvement of municipalities MUC HFV employment of student studies

MUC RMMSW local face-to-face events with general public in pilot area MUC VDM Declaration at political level to reach better involvement of municipalities

GAM1

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VIE

VIE MUC VDM Green Space Conference organisation VIE MUC VDM Five-year commitment VIE MUC HFV Citizen involvement through implementation projects

VIE Letter of invitation signed by politicians

VIE Info-meetings VIE Green Space Conference VIE five-year commitment

VIE steering group bringing together technicians as well as decision-makers beyond sectoral divisions VIE five-year commitment

VIE Local Action Plan VIE Name searching for project area VIE Info-meetings VIE steering group bringing together technicians as well as decision-makers beyond sectoral divisions

VIE dialogs with landowners VIE five-year commitment VIE Local Action Plan VIE Name searching for project area

SIR

SIR Landscape vision

SIR Elaborative GIS-analysis

SIR Landscape vision SIR Awareness-raising market SIR Project sponsorship development

SIR using individualised discussions to reach stakeholders

TRENT

TRENT MUC HFV Citizen involvement through implementation projects TRENT Linking short-term projects with long-term strategies

TRENT digital application for participatory mapping TRENT linkages pilot activities / local planning documents

TRENT co-construction of digital tool with citizens and integration within existing participatory platform

TRENT Elaborative GIS-analysis and including stakeholders in it

TRENTinvolvement of citizens and „bottom up“ participation TRENT linking different planning process stages (from analysis to evaluation) with each other

TRENT involvement of citizens and „bottom up“ participation TRENT linking different scale levels with each other

PIEM

PIEM MUC VDM creation of „local MoU“ with union of municipalities

PIEM ES based approaches and methods: stakeholder analysis, cost-benefit analyse PIEM ESS payment

PIEM UIRS: creation of „local MoU“ with union of municipalities

UIRS

UIRS MUC HFV social innovation labs

UIRS (Vouillants): Raising awareness of different stakeholder groups related to leisure activities and nature protection (interviews, workshops in pilot area)

UIRS observation and behavioural mapping

UIRS Findings of LD to be used within preparation of updated spatial plans of municipalities and draft GI Strategy for the Ljubljana Urban Region

UIRS non-governmental stakeholders involved through interviews, working meetings, lectures to reach knowledge coproduction and co-implementation of pilot

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Contact:

Regione Piemonte

Maria Quarta +39 011 4324518

[email protected]

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