1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Bucureşti
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Crearea unui parc de utilitate publică în cartierul Ion Creangă
Short description of the intervention
A 1.96-hectare insidious unused land in the District 2 of Bucharest has been transformed into a modern park through a project funded by European funds. The project was selected in the top 100 Regional as an example of good European practice.Initially, the park was a storage space for household waste (1, 3).
Address

Ion Creanga str.
Bucuresti
Romania

Area boundary
POINT (26.171263 44.471867)
POINT (26.172663 44.47281)
POINT (26.170925 44.471432)
NBS area image
Source of NBS area image
Google Images
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.4715478,26.1709351,225m/data=!3m1!1e3
Total area
19600.00m²
NBS area
19600.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Please specify “other type of area” before implementation of the NBS
Household waste space
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
unknown
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2011
End date of the intervention
2013
Present stage of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
1. Increasing the quality of life and the degree of social cohesion, by improving urban infrastructure in Sector 2 of the Bucharest Municipality - neighbourhood "Ion Creanga" (2);
2. Improving environmental protection of the surrounding area (2);
3. Supplementing green spaces in the area by offering a place of refuge in heavily populated urban areas (3);
4. Revitalizing the city (1);
5. Reduce disparities between the Ion Creanga area and more developed parts of Bucharest (9);
6. Giving a chance for better connections between the Roma community and other residents (9).
Quantitative targets
1. Serve the 25.000 inhabitants of the neighborhood (2)
2. Achieve the European laws of having 20 sqm of green space per inhabitant (2)
3. Rehabilitate the existing vegetal stock and dendrological material plantations of an area of ​​16,500 sqm (1)
4. Install a lighting installation with 2 km long solar power (3)
5. Build 2 children's playgrounds on the surface of 1045 sqm, equipped with swing for children, a maze (2)
6. Enclosure with a fence of WPC composite and the placement of 8 poles (2)
7. Install 30 garbage bins (1)
8. Install 8 water fountains (1)
9. Install 50 benches (1)
10. Increased recreational spaces surface with 19.600m2v (9)
Monitoring indicators defined
1. Amount of inhabitants using the park (2)
2. Number of garbage bins needed (1)
3. Amount of the surface to establish a lightening system (3)
4. Amount of the surface needed to revive the deondrological plantations (1)
Implementation activities
1. Landscaping, sanitation of the location, removing degraded vegetation (1)
2. Infrastructure works were carried out in the amount of 80% consisting of water supply networks, public lighting network, grid
video surveillance (2)
3. Installing bicycle tracks, a skate park platform, multi-sport grounds (692 sqm) (2)
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Institutional green space
Parks and urban forests
Large urban parks or forests
Vegetation Type
Please specify other amenities offered by the NBS
Supply networks, public lighting network, video surveillance (2);
Installing bicycle tracks, a skate park platform, multi-sport grounds (692 sqm) (2).
Please specify "other marginalized group"
Minorities (Roma community)
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Habitat and supporting services
Habitats for species
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Recreation
Mental and physical health and wellbeing
Social and community interactions
Scale
Spatial scale
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Please specify other local relevant strategy
Environmental Local Action Plan, the Sustainable Development Local Plan (10).
Governance
Governance arrangements
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
The municipality of Bucharest was the initiator of this project, its role being of monitoring, implementing, and assessing the intervention. (2)
Key actors - initiating organization
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
EU body
National government
Local government/municipality
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Yes
Please specify the "Regional Directive/Strategy"
The intervention mentions the 2004/35/CE, Council of Europe Directive in regards to Environmental Protection (5)
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the national regulations/strategy/plan
The intervention mentions the national Law 24/2007 Environmental Protection, which comes in agreement with the NBS (6) and the
O.U.G. 114/2007, Governmental Decision that specifies the total green space per capita in the capital of Romania (7)
he intervention also mentions the National Strategy for Sustainable Development 2013-2020-2030 providing a high quality environment for the community; sustainable and rational management of waste by installing compartmentalized bins to educate the population to collect garbage differently and improvement of quality of the community’s life. (9)
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
The project is in accordance with the measures stated by the Environmental Local Action Plan, the Sustainable Development Local
Plan of the 2nd District Bucharest City Hall. .(9)
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Mandatory (based on policy)
Intervention is mandatory
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
The intervention mentions the Environmental Local Action Plan, the Sustainable Development Local Plan of the 2nd District Bucharest City Hall. (10)
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of GI / NBS research project - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
The public utility park was one of the objectives of the 2nd District Integrated Urban Development Plan, financed under the Regional Operational Programme 2007-2013. (10)
REGIO through ERDF, of which 6.073.383,89 RON came from the EU (8)
Co-finance for NBS
Yes
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Financing
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
Unknown
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
Unknown
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
Unknown
Please specify cost savings
Unknown
Please specify total cost (EUR)
9.705.063 RON of which:
6.073.383,89 RON - EU
1.258.517,01 RON - The Romanian Government
2.373.162,26 RON- Bucharest's municipality (2)
Non-financial contribution
No
Business models
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
The intervention consists in transforming a derelict area, used previously as a dumpster, into a park (8)
The innovative aspects of the public utility park stand in the energetic efficiency, ITC facilities such as info points, outdoor facilities such as fitness, air skate, and mountain bike. (10)
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Description of environmental benefits
The Municipality of Sector 2 issued a report (attached) that included the environmental benefits and they are as following:
-an increase in green space area by rehabilitating the existing vegetation and planting of dendrological material on the surface of 16,500 sqm (10).
Economic impacts
Description of economic benefits
The Municipality of Sector 2 issued a report (attached) that included the economic benefits and they are as following: the NBS attracted homebuyers and boosted residential property values in the area by as much as 15 percent (10)
Description of social and cultural benefits
The Municipality of Sector 2 issued a report (attached) that included the social benefits and they are as following:
-a decrease of 50% in the crime rate in the area;
-provided sustainable and rational management of waste by installing compartmentalised bins to educate the population to collect garbage differently, therefore, increasing the awareness about the environment and the NBS (10).
Type of reported impacts
Indicators
Unknown
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
Environmental justice: The implementation of the NBS project resulted in ...
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
Unknown as of August 2020
Methods of impact monitoring
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
Yes
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
Impact assessment mechanism
Name of any specific impact assessment tools
Unknown
Use of GIS in mapping impacts
No evidence in public records
Citizen involvement
Citizens involvement in assessment/evaluation
Yes
Mode(s) of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
Please specify other modes of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
To better define and address the solution to the local community the 2nd District City Hall organised a series of debates and public consultations, advertised the project on its website and took all the active measures to integrate the community’s demands in the project. (9)
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Documents relevant to the intervention
List of references
1. Adevarul (2013) "Reabilitare parcului Ion Creangă din sectorul 2, lăudat la Bruxelles", Available at http://adevarul.ro/news/bucuresti/reabilitare-parcului-ion-creanga-sectorul-2-laudat-bruxelles-1_52720a61c7b855ff569df066/index.html (Accessed 17-8-2020)
2. Primaria Sectorului 2 a Municipiului Bucuresti, Comunicat (2011), "CREAREA UNUI PARC DE UTILITATE PUBLICĂ ÎN CARTIERUL ION CREANGĂ" Available at http://www.regioadrbi.ro/media/3043/Prezentare%20Parc%20Creanga.pdf (Accessed 17-8-2020)
3. Bazar (2011), "Un nou parc public se amenajează în Bucureşti", Available at http://www.b365.ro/un-nou-parc-public-se-amenajeaza-in-bucuresti-vezi-proiectul_85350.html#n (Accessed 17-8-2020)
4. B365 (2013)," Modernizarea Parcului Drumul Taberei, realizată 70% până la sfârşitul acestui an. CUM ARATĂ ACUM" Available at http://www.b365.ro/modernizarea-parcului-drumul-taberei-finalizata-70prc-pana-la-sfarsitul-acestui-an-cum-arata-acum_192156.html (Accessed 17-8-2020)
5. European Parliament and Council, Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage, (2004), Available ata https://www.ecolex.org/details/legislation/directive-200435ce-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-on-environmental-liability-with-regard-to-the-prevention-and-remedying-of-environmental-damage-lex-faoc043202/ (Accessed 17-8-2020)
6. Parlamentul Romaniei, Legea 24 2007 actualizata si republicata. Legea spatiilor verzi, (2007), Available at http://legeaz.net/text-integral/legea-24-2007-actualizata-si-republicata-legea-spatiilor-verzi (Accessed 17-8-2020)
7. Guvernul Romaniei, Ordonanta de urgenta nr. 114/2007 pentru modificarea si completarea Ordonantei de urgenta a Guvernului nr. 195/2005 privind protectia mediului, (2007), Available at http://www.dreptonline.ro/legislatie/ordonanta_modificare_protectia_mediului_114.php (Accessed 17-8-2020)
8. Ziare.com (2013), O zona abandonata devine "un colt de rai" pentru locuitorii sectorului 2 din Bucuresti, Available at http://www.ziare.com/fonduri/fonduri-europene/o-zona-abandonata-devine-un-colt-de-rai-pentru-locuitorii-sectorului-2-din-bucuresti-1297235 (Accessed 17-8-2020)
9. ERDF, Urbact, Public Utility Park (2017), Available at http://urbact.eu/public-utility-park (Accessed 17-8-2020)
10.Sector 2 Municipiul Bucuresti (2017), PLANUL INTEGRAT DE DEZVOLTARE DURABILA A ZONEI CREANGA, Attached
Interview comments
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Comments and notes
Public Images
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View of the park
https://adevarul.ro/news/bucuresti/reabilitare-parcului-ion-creanga-sectorul-2-laudat-bruxelles-1_52720a61c7b855ff569df066/index.html
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Amenities in the park
https://www.economica.net/o-zona-abandonata-devine-un-colt-de-rai-pentru-locuitorii-sectorului-2-din-bucuresti_61653.html