Pioneer Case
Quay Gardens
| A short description of the NBS project |
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Implementation of vegetated rafts as habitats for local species on a city center river. Artificial shelters for fauna (nesting box, insect hotels, artificial spawning areas…) and vegetation supports were installed. Wooden terraces were also installed to allow citizens to enjoy and observe 1. The objectives of the intervention are to favor 1 and develop environmental education. |
NBS Implementation context
| Location | France, Nantes |
| Latitude | 47.220984 |
| Longitude | -1.552654 |
| Status | Project delivered |
| Dates | 2013.0 |
Description of the NBS
| NBS Scale | neighbourhood |
| NBS Impacts scale | neighbourhood |
| Urban density/ Soil consumption | high (dense city center, etc.) |
| 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;0; | |
| 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? | A public institution, a local organization (city or metropolitan) |
| Contracting Authority | Nantes municipality |
| Project manager (leader and main partners): entities names, and know-how involved | Leader: Nantes municipality Main partner: EDENN (financial partner) |
| Who (else) was involved in the project ? (Inhabitants, local association, etc.) | The idea of this project emerges from an association and it has been then implemented by Nantes municipality. |
| More detail on the process and the role of the different stakeholders (How did it happen?) | Groupe Mammalogique Breton (environmental protection association) |
| OPTIONAL Considering the actual impacts, who are the primary beneficiaries of the project. | Citizens Local 1 |
| Cluster | Governance Model | Description |
| cluster5_network_governance | Collaborative_governance | Based on collaborative approach between Nantes municipality and associations |
Financing
| Global Estimated cost of the project | 50k€ - 200k€ |
| Cluster | cluster1_public_financing |
| FM | Other |
| Description of the financing mechanism | Nantes municipality financing (Parks and gardens department) |
Business Model
| Class | Type | Description |
| Social | Adopt a stewardship role | The aim of this project is to contribute to sustaining and developing the well-being of all the network (1 and citizens) using collaborative approach. |
| Organizational | Develop scale-up solutions |
Temporal Factor
| Expected time for the NBS to be fully effective after its implementation | short (immediately to few months) |
| Expected life time of the intervention | around 10 years |
| 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 |
| Governance_drivers | Process_efficiencies | Collaboration | Collaboration between 2 municipality departments |
| Class | Subclass | Type | Description |
| Knowledge_barriers | Uncertainty | Operation_unknow | Experimentation needed to find technical method to implement this project. |
| Governance_barriers | Institutionnal_barriers | Lack_of_flexibility_of_decision_making |
What makes this project a pioneer?
| Field | The_implementation |
| Criteria | |
| Brief description of the innovativeness | This project is both thought for 1 and for citizens and finaly allows to cohabitation between them |
| Has the project received a prize, an award? | |
| Has the project received a media coverage? (in reviews, in press, etc.) | ???, 2013, Nantes. Les jardins à quai prennent vie ce soir, Ouest-France Frédéric Brénon, 2013, Des jardins flottants en ville, 20minutes |
IM Keywords
floating garden
ecological continuity
References
http://www.capitale-biodiversite.fr/