CLEARING HOUSE is an EU funded H2020 project providing evidence and tools to facilitate the mobilisation of the full potential of urban forest-based solutions (UF-NBS) for rehabilitating, reconnecting and restoring urban ecosystems.
The main aim of this first event was to promote research findings on Urban Forest Nature Based Solutions (UFNBS) that had been undertaken during the first stage of CLEARING HOUSE. The contents of the webinar included the EU Research and innovation agenda on Nature-based solutions, current UF-NBS practices in Europe and China and its scientific literature; contextual data about China; an analysis of governance, institutional and economic frameworks in Europe and China; the idea of Urban Forest as nature-based solutions; and an analysis of societal perceptions towards forests in Europe and China.
This project addresses a global challenge that unites European and Chinese cities in their quest to develop more resilient cities and liveable societies in order to improve human wellbeing. Their main focus is on tree-based green infrastructure which is the basis for “urban forests as nature-based solutions”.
Urban Forests as nature-based solutions (UF-NBS) are a subset of nature-based solutions that build on tree-based urban ecosystems to address societal challenges, simultaneously providing ecosystem services for human well-being and biodiversity benefits. UF-NBS include peri-urban and urban forests, forested parks, small woods in urban areas, and trees in public and private spaces.
This series of webinars based on CLEARING HOUSE products and activities and will be held from now on and over the forthcoming two years in order to provide knowledge insights showcasing results from the project.
The main aim of this first event was to promote research findings on Urban Forest Nature Based Solutions (UFNBS) that had been undertaken during the first stage of CLEARING HOUSE.
The contents of the webinar included the EU Research and innovation agenda on Nature-based solutions, current UF-NBS practices in Europe and China and its scientific literature; contextual data about China; an analysis of governance, institutional and economic frameworks in Europe and China; the idea of Urban Forest as nature-based solutions; and an analysis of societal perceptions towards forests in Europe and China.
CRONOGRAM OF FOLLOWING WEBINARS
• Decision support for UF-NBS – introducing application & benchmarking tools (1st trimester 2022)
• Engaging less-privileged groups in UF-NBS planning and management – introducing a guideline on stakeholder mechanisms (1st trimester 2023)
• Effective UF-NBS delivery – introducing a guideline on management, policy and planning (1st trimester 2023)
• UF-NBS business models and investment cases – introducing a Sustainable Business Model Investment Approach to UF-NBS (2nd trimester 2023)
• Change management and institutional reform for UF-NBS deployment (2nd trimester 2023)
The first edition of the webinar "Mapping a Green Future: Urban Planning under the Park City Initiative" was organised by Metropolis Learning Hub with the support of Chengdu Institute of Planning and Design, and was held on may 20th and 21st. It consisted in a two-session webinar, where participants were able to learn from experiences from Glasgow, Chengdu, Seoul, Johannesburg and Dujiangyan.
The first session ot the learning hub "Mapping a green future: urban planning under the park city initiative" explored the idea of the park initiative as a way of urban planning that contributes to a future version of cities which highlight a people-centered green development path.
It also answered the questions of how can planning shape green development and improve the quality of living and how is a Park City creating green jobs and directing citizens to an eco-friendly lifestyle.
This session revolved around two topics: thinking and designing sustainable urban development in a holistic and integrated way; and ambitious projects to drive green economy and advocate green life.
With regard to the first topic we had presentations from Glasgow and Chengdu, while the second topic was starred by the Tianfu Greenway Project.
This webinar was divided in two parts. The first part was about integrated approaches to tackle urban decay and nature-based mirco renewal, and included expositions from Chengdu, Seoul and Dujiangyan.
In the second part it was dealt the idea of making of future green communities, with the presentations of Chengdu and Johannesburg.
If you want to know more about this learning hub, you can read the news.
As part of the "Neighbourhoods, inequality and youth: putting multidimensional inequalities on the local political agenda in countries in transition" project, implemented through a partnership between Oxfam (Brazil, Mexico, Spain), the European Union, Barcelona City Council, Metropolis and the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), a webinar was organized to showcase its results.
The project consisted in identifying public policies for reducing inequalities in urban settings from a multidimensional, interdisciplinary and intersectional perspective.
Este evento compartió y difundió experiencias prometedoras en la medición y análisis de las desigualdades en entornos urbanos, especialmente en grandes ciudades y áreas metropolitanas como Ciudad de México, Brasilia, São Paulo y Barcelona, junto con un comentario de Metropolis.
También promovió el uso de estas metodologías y compartir las lecciones aprendidas de estas experiencias desde la perspectiva tanto de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil como de los municipios.
Para más información, puedes consultar el programa y leer la noticia referentes a la sesión.
Metropolis and Teheran Municipality organised this thematic webinar on visions and challenges in urban regeneration to gather Metropolis members and to share their own experiences regarding urban heritage without losing sight of the identity of a city in an increasingly globalised world. In this session participants were able to learn more about the urban regeneration experiences from Delhi and Cairo.
With the growth of urbanization, about 56% of the world's population live in cities and slums sprawl to be the home for some; as well complex economic-structural changes in the urban areas make urban deteriorated areas around the world especially in Global South, it is why cities need the interventions of urban regeneration program.The transformation of the cities’ structure is necessary which involves housing, employment, social issues, etc.
This is the starting point of sustainable urban regeneration, the topic of this session where participants were able to learn more about the urban regeneration experiences from Delhi and Cairo.
For more information of the session, you can read the news
Metropolis International training Institute Mashhad organised this webinar to highlight the importance of geospatial localisation tools in the urban revitalisation process. In this session, after a background on geospatial localisation in general, we reviewed a couple of redevelopment / revitalisation projects in Victoria, Australia over the last a few years and then explored the concept of the Digital Twins in Fishermans Bend, Melbourne.
Urban renewal, redevelopment, and revitalisation projects have the potential to rehabilitate and better utilise land and space to create employment opportunities, create diverse housing options, stimulate the local economy and attract investments.
Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems have been extensively utilised to assist urban experts to have a better understanding of the proposed urban redevelopment projects. Over the last 30 years, such technologies have been an inseparable part of any large-scale redevelopments.
Digital Twins has also been part of this visualisation journey; and much more than that. In this presentation, after a background on visualisation in general, we reviewed a couple of redevelopment / revitalisation projects in Victoria, Australia over the last a few years and then explored the concept of the Digital Twins in Fishermans Bend, Melbourne.
