Pioneer Case
Biotope City
| A short description of the NBS project |
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The project BIOTOPE CITY is a combination of buildings and green spaces based on the principles of a dense urban neighbourhood with nature in a close juxtaposition. The project is developed on the background of current and future consequences of environmental changes to strengthen 1 in cities and minimize the ecological impact of urban building. To reach the best result in combining these two planning Ideas the planning process was a big partitive planning process with the residents. Only planning close to people can provide a functional conglomeration like the biotope city. The focus is on the implementation of integral Biotope City quality criteria, which describe the multiple functions of greening and contribute specifically to increasing residents’ quality of life. |
NBS Implementation context
| Location | Austria, Vienna |
| Latitude | 48.1665 |
| Longitude | 16.3483361 |
| Status | Works stage |
| Dates | 2019/20 |
Description of the NBS
| NBS Scale | neighbourhood |
| NBS Impacts scale | object (building, etc.) |
| Urban density/ Soil consumption | medium |
| Combined with other(s) environmental friendly solution(s)? | |
| if other |
NBS Typology
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NBS Uban Challenges
| Climate Issues | Climate mitigation | |
| Climate adaptation | ||
| Other | 0; | |
| Urban water management and quality | Urban water management and quality | |
| Flood management | ||
| Other | 0 | |
| Air Quality | Air quality at district/city scale | |
| Air quality locally | ||
| Other | 0 | |
| Urban Space and Biodiversity | Biodiversity | |
| Urban space design | ||
| Urban space management | ||
| Other | 0; | |
| Urban Regeneration and Soil | Air quality at district/city scale | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Resource efficiency | Food, energy and water | |
| Raw materials | ||
| Waste | ||
| Recycling | ||
| Other | 0; | |
| Public health and well-being | Acustic | |
| Quality of life | ||
| Health | ||
| Other | 0; | |
| Environmental justice and social cohesion | Environmental Justice: Recognition | |
| Environmental Justice: Procedural Justice | ||
| Environmental Justice: Distributional Justice | ||
| Environmental Justice: Capabilities | ||
| Environmental Justice: Responsibility | ||
| Social Cohesion | ||
| Other | 1;1; | |
| Urban planning and governance | Urban planning and form | |
| Governance in planning | ||
| Other | 0; | |
| People Security | Control of crimes | |
| Control of extraordinary events | ||
| Other | 0 | |
| Green economy | Circular economy | |
| Bioeconomy activities | ||
| Direct economic value of NBS | ||
| Other | 0; | |
| Other |
Stakeholder and Governance
| Who Started this initiative? | Other |
| Contracting Authority | Building developers |
| Project manager (leader and main partners): entities names, and know-how involved | Leader: Wien Süd (building developer) Main partners: in total 8 different building developers Project coordination by external office General open space planer and scientific research group: Biotope City foundation, urban planner, landscape architects, vegetation experts, socialists, urban mining expert, ... |
| Who (else) was involved in the project ? (Inhabitants, local association, etc.) | Very complex process because of the overarching planning through different building plots and developers, accompanied from scientists and experts from the beginning to take care for microclimate and qualitative living space |
| More detail on the process and the role of the different stakeholders (How did it happen?) | Municipality departement for environmental protection Vienna - MA 22 and several municipality departements Inputs for Fauna |
| OPTIONAL Considering the actual impacts, who are the primary beneficiaries of the project. | future residents and neighbours |
| Cluster | Governance Model | Description |
| cluster1_traditional_public_administration | Hierarchical_governance |
Financing
| Global Estimated cost of the project | more than 5M€ |
| Cluster | cluster4_public_private |
| FM | |
| Description of the financing mechanism | Combination from social housing (app. 75 %) and private financing flats (app. 15 %) - Special agreement |
Business Model
| Class | Type | Description |
| Organizational | Develop scale-up solutions | |
| Social | Encourage sufficiency | |
| Technological | Create value from waste |
Temporal Factor
| Expected time for the NBS to be fully effective after its implementation | large (beyond 5 years) |
| Expected life time of the intervention | more than 30 |
| Already feedbacks on the project? In case, the project has already been adapted to new requisites, please explain the modifications brought |
Success and limiting factors
Process Enablers
Process Inhibitors
| Class | Subclass | Type | Description |
| Knowledge_drivers | Information_accessibility | knowledge_platforms |
| Class | Subclass | Type | Description |
| Knowledge_barriers | Technical_inadequacy | Lack_of_readytoapply_scientific_results |
What makes this project a pioneer?
| Field | Design_or_techniques_employed |
| Criteria | |
| Brief description of the innovativeness | |
| Has the project received a prize, an award? | - IBA-Candidate (International Building exhibition) |
| Has the project received a media coverage? (in reviews, in press, etc.) | Yes, official exhibition Several exhibitions and presentations several newspaper articles |
IM Keywords
green wall
1.0
References
project results
http://www.biotope-city.net