A short description of the NBS project |
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In early 2015, the project Operatie Steenbreek was established as a result of the cooperation between multiple organisations. It is a national partnership between green knowledge institutes, businesses, governments and citizens. The aim is to counteract the current trend of paving residential gardens and thereby improving the urban living environment, in particular trying to make citizens enthusiastic for greening their garden. The attention is mainly on the negative effects of paving, such as less 1 and the pressure on the sewage system during cloudbursts. At the beginning of the project, five cities were chosen that deliver this message. These cities were Leeuwarden, Groningen, Den Haag, Amersfoort and Eindhoven. Currently, the project is converted to a foundation and two other cities also joined: Maastricht and Leiderdorp. Each other municipality can implements Operatie Steenbreek and supports its citizens in its own way or they can use the methodology to greening gardens offered by Operatie Steenbreek. The project is financed by the municipalities. Other stakeholders are knowledge institutions, water authorities, foundations, companies like garden centres, citizens, ecologists and city planners. The national paroject was initiated by Alterra, a part of the Wageningen University, and the University of Groningen. Operatie Steenbreek offers several activities to cities. First is the so-called garden ambassadors, people who can offer information about how to make your garden more natural and animal friendly. Secondly, they offer a course on garden reservations, in which members learn about nature friendly gardening. The last is the BIMBY method, which stands for ‘1 In My Backyard’, in which citizens are guided by collecting information about making their gardens more natural and animal friendly. The different cities all have their own strategy to promote Operatie Steenbreek among their citizens and to make them aware of their goal. |
Location | Netherlands, The Netherlands |
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Longitude | |
Status | Ongoing (since 2015) |
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NBS Scale | object (building, etc.) |
NBS Impacts scale | • Object (private gardens) • Neighbourhood • City |
Urban density/ Soil consumption | High (dense city center) |
Combined with other(s) environmental friendly solution(s)? | |
if other |
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 | |
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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 | 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 |
Who Started this initiative? | Community • Research institutions |
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Who (else) was involved in the project ? (Inhabitants, local association, etc.) | |
More detail on the process and the role of the different stakeholders (How did it happen?) | |
OPTIONAL Considering the actual impacts, who are the primary beneficiaries of the project. |
Cluster | Governance Model | Description |
cluster5_network_governance | Collaborative_governance | The project is financed by the municipalities. Different stakeholders cooperate on a voluntary basis. |
Global Estimated cost of the project | - |
Cluster | CLUSTER 1: Public financing CLUSTER 3: Citizen inclusion |
FM | • Volunteering |
Description of the financing mechanism | The project is financed by the municipalities. Different stakeholders cooperate on a voluntary basis. |
Class | Type | Description |
Each municipality can implements Operatie Steenbreek and supports its citizens in its own way or they can use the methodology to greening gardens offered by Operatie Steenbreek. |
Expected time for the NBS to be fully effective after its implementation | |
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Already feedbacks on the project? In case, the project has already been adapted to new requisites, please explain the modifications brought |
Class | Subclass | Type | Description |
Knowledge_drivers | Information accessibility and sharing Awareness | • Knowledge platforms; • Climate Change | - |
Governance_drivers | Process efficiencies Co-creation and participation | • Collaboration; • Co-production |
Class | Subclass | Type | Description |
Knowledge_drivers | - | ||
Governance_drivers | Participation and awareness | • Lack of participation |
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Has the project received a prize, an award? | |
Has the project received a media coverage? (in reviews, in press, etc.) |