1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Budapest
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Rákos-patak menti ökoturisztikai folyosó
Short description of the intervention
The Rákos-patak Green Corridor is a large-scale development project aimed at revitalizing the environment of the Rákos Stream on a 23 kilometre long path from it's areas in the outskirts of Budapest to the city center. The most important element of the development project is the planned bicycle lane, which would connect the already existing bicycle lanes along the stream into a full 23 kilometre one. In some areas of the planned corridor, other developments will happen with the goal of preserving and restoring habitats which originally existed in the area before it was first regulated. Near the outer areas of the stream, afforestation will also take place. (Reference 9) The area of the stream is currently underdeveloped. According to the plans, the new green corridor could help decrease urban stress.
Address

Budapest
Rákos-patak
Hungary

Location
The NBS is situated in an area, with clear delineation of boundaries and a specific shape (polygon). The NBS project can also have more than one area location (more than one polygon, situated close by).
Area boundary
POINT (19.28617 47.49151)
POINT (19.20085 47.48977)
POINT (19.13717 47.51992)
POINT (19.06867 47.54229)
NBS area image
Source of NBS area image
The map is taken from reference 10: A feasability study approved b the General Assembly of Budapest in 2017. (1024/2017. (VI. 21.) Főv. Kgy.)
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Previous derelict area
Website of the intervention
https://budapest.hu/Lapok/2017/rakos-patak-menti-okoturisztikai-folyoso.aspx
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
unknown
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2020
End date of the intervention
ongoing
Present stage of the intervention
Ongoing
Goals of the intervention
The main goals of the project include:
- stimulating the use of bicycles in daily commuting and thus decreasing air pollution and promoting a more sustainable urban environment (Reference 2);
- decreasing traffic jams with a more diverse and balanced transportation system and with the improvement of bicycle networks in Budapest;
- promoting bike tourism and recreation (Reference 1, p.5);
- protecting habitats;
- restoring the degraded ecosystem of the area (Reference 9);
- afforestation.
Quantitative targets
unknown
Monitoring indicators defined
unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Habitat and biodiversity restoration
Environmental quality
Air quality improvement
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Enabling opportunities for physical activity
Improving physical health
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What types of conservation goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
Ecosystem-focused
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Protect and enhance urban habitats
Create new habitats
What types of restoration goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
Ecosystem-focused
What activities are implemented to realize the restoration goals and targets?
Rehabilitate and restore damaged or destroyed ecosystems
Restore native species
Implementation activities
The project is in the planning phase, so far no implementation activity has been made.
Type of NBS project
Ecological restoration of ecosystems
Protection of natural ecosystems
Transformation of previously derelict areas
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Riverbank/Lakeside greens
Parks and urban forests
Green corridors and green belts
Blue infrastructure
Rivers/streams/canals/estuaries
Vegetation Type
Grass
Trees
Please specify how many trees were planted
unknown
Amenities offered by the NBS
Sports areas and equipment
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Habitat and supporting services
Habitats for species
Cultural services
Tourism
Recreation
Mental and physical health and wellbeing
Scale
Spatial scale
Meso-scale: Regional, metropolitan and urban level
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Local government/Municipality
Citizens or community groups
Governance
Governance arrangements
Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Non-government actors
Other
Please specify other non-government actors involved
The public transport company Budapesti Közlekedési Központ
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
The Municipality of Budapest, as the beneficiary of the EU funding implements the project together with BKK Zrt. And the affected districts, in a consortium. (Reference 11)
Key actors - initiating organization
Local government/municipality
Land owners
No information found
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
EU body
Local government/municipality
Public sector institution
Non-government organisation/civil society
Please specify other participatory methods
The Hungarian Bike Club as a non-governmental organization is involved in the project and could deliver its opinion regarding the plans (Reference 2). The bike club prepared an online survey with the aim of learning about the public opinion regarding project (Reference 2).
Land owners
No information found
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
Other
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Yes
Please specify the "Regional Directive/Strategy"
The project gained funding from the Central Hungary Operational Programme of the ERDF under the European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) Regulation (Reference 4).
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the national regulations/strategy/plan
The project is in line with the New Hungary Development Plan as it gained funding from the Central Hungary Operational Programme of the ERDF under the European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) Regulation (Reference 4).
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
At least one of the local governments that involved in the project had had a green strategy which contained Rákos-patak Green Corridor as a stated goal (Reference 5), and the project is in line with the concepts of two other local government (Reference 7, 8).
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Intervention is mandatory
Spatial planning guidance
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
One of the local governments that involved in the project have a progressive green strategy, which contains the idea of the green corridor (Reference 5, 6).
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify the general plan with GI/NBS section
One of the local governments involved, Rákosmente, has a section about implementing the green corridor in it's development plan (Reference 7)
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
General municipal 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
Yes
Please specify
The Transportation Company of Budapest prepared a study that supports the project (Reference 8).
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
The project gained EU funds (VEKOP-5.3.1-15-2016-00012) for the sustainable transportation development of Budapest (1613/2016. (XI. 8.) Korm. határozat (Reference 4).
Co-finance for NBS
No
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Co-governance arrangement
Other
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
More than €4,000,000
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
6,500,000
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)
According to the early estimations, the project will cost 2.3 billion HUF, that is approximately 6,500,000 EUR in July 2020 (Reference 3).
Source(s) of funding
EU funds
Type of fund(s) used
Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Business models
Green densification model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Type of innovation
Unknown
Novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
unknown
Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
The green corridor has not been implemented yet, therefore its replicability is unknown.
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Unknown
Description of environmental benefits
As the implementation of the project hasn't yet started (in July 2020), there are no impacts to show.
Economic impacts
Unknown
Description of economic benefits
As the implementation of the project hasn't yet started (in July 2020), there are no impacts to show.
Social and cultural impacts
Unknown
Description of social and cultural benefits
As the implementation of the project hasn't yet started (in July 2020), there are no impacts to show.
Type of reported impacts
No impacts reported
Indicators
unknown
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Unknown
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
No information available
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
Unknown (in July 2020)
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Not applicable
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
No evidence in public records
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
Questionnaire
Please specify other modes of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
The bike club prepared an online survey with the aim of learning about the public opinion regarding project (Reference 2).
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Reference 2: Public Survey of the Hungarian Bike Club
Reference 3: A Rákos-patak lehet Budapest első városi zöldútja: De mi az a váro…
Reference 5: Green Strategy of the 13th district
Reference 6: Green Strategy of the 13th district as best practice
Reference 9: Péceltől a Dunáig épül Budapest leghosszabb parkja
Reference 10: Rákos-patak és környékének revitalizációja
Reference 11: Rákos-patak menti ökoturisztikai folyosó
Documents relevant to the intervention
Attachment Size
Reference1: Technical Description of the project (923.57 KB) 923.57 KB
Reference 5: Green Strategy of the 13th district. (3.08 MB) 3.08 MB
List of references
1. Budapesti Közlekedési Központ. (2017). "Rákos-patak menti ökoturisztikai folyosó kerékpáros útvonal fejlesztése” projekt keretében engedélyezési és kiviteli tervek készítése, valamint engedélyek megszerzése. BKK: Budapest. Available at: https://www.kozbeszerzes.hu/data/hirdetmeny/portal_537521/portal_7724_2017.pdf [Accessed: 2020.06.18]
2. Ujnemzedek.hu. (2017). Online Public Survey. Újnemzedék. [online] Available at: http://www.ujnemzedek.hu/hasznos/kerdoiv-kitoltessel-segitheted-a-budapesti-kerekparos-fejleszteseket [Accessed: 18.06.2020]
3. Erdős, Z. (2017). A Rákos-patak lehet Budapest első városi zöldútja: De mi az a városi zöldút?. [online] Kerékpárosklub. Available at: https://kerekparosklub.hu/varosizoldut_rakospatak [Accessed: 2020.06.18]
4. net.jogtar.hu. (2016). 1613/2016. (XI. 8.) Korm. határozat egyes, a Terület- és Településfejlesztési Operatív Program keretében megvalósuló, valamint a VEKOP-5.3.1-16 azonosító jelű („Fenntartható közlekedésfejlesztés Budapesten” című) pályázati felhívásra beérkezett, egymilliárd forintot meghaladó támogatási igényű projektjavaslatok támogatásához való hozzájárulásról. [online] Available at: https://net.jogtar.hu/jr/gen/hjegy_doc.cgi?docid=A16H1613.KOR&timeshift=fffffff4&txtreferer=00000001.TXT. [Accessed: 18.06.2020].
5. XIII. Kerületi Önkormányzat. (2011) "AngyalZÖLD Stratégia, 2011-2014: Összefogással az élhetőbb környezetért." Budapest: XIII. Kerületi Önkormányzat. Available at: https://www.budapest13.hu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/angyalzold_strategia.pdf [Accessed: 18.06.2020]
6. Klimavalasz.hu. 2017. AngyalZÖLD Stratégia - A XIII. kerületi Önkormányzat zöldhálózat-fejlesztési programterve, Budapest. [online] Available at: http://www.klimavalasz.hu/jo-peldak/91. [Accessed: 18.06.2020].
7. Berényi, M., Vojnits, Cs., Balás, G. and Szendrei, Zs. 2015. "Rákosmente 2015 – 2030: Településfejlesztési Koncepciója" Budapest: Rákosmente Önkormányzata. Available at: http://www.rakosmente.hu/Libraries/szab%C3%A1lyoz%C3%A1si_tervek_elfog_el%C5%91tt/325_2015_IX_24_Kt_hat_1_sz_mell%C3%A9klete-RaKOSMENTE_TK.sflb.ashx Accessed: [19.06.2020]
8. Radványi, G. (2011) Előterjesztés a Kerületfejlesztési és Környezetvédelmi Bizottság részére A Rákos-patak menti ökoturisztikai jelentőségű zöldfolyosó kerékpáros túraútvonalként való kiépítésének koncepciójáról. Budapest: Kőbányai Önkormányzat. Available at: https://docplayer.hu/2129951-_-szamu-eloterjesztes-budapest-fovaros-x-kerulet-kobanyai-onkormanyzat-alpolgarmestere.html Accessed: [19.06.2020]
9. Epiteszforum.hu (2019) Péceltől a Dunáig épül Budapest leghosszabb parkja. [online] Available at: https://epiteszforum.hu/peceltol-a-dunaig-epul-budapest-leghosszabb-parkja [Accessed: 13.07.2020]
10. Budapest Főváros Önkormányzata. (2017) Rákos-patak és környékének revitalizációja. Available at: https://budapest.hu/Documents/V%C3%A1ros%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9si%20F%C5%91oszt%C3%A1ly/RPR_TERVI%20MUNKARESZ.pdf [Accessed: 13.07.2020]
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Comments and notes
Comments
1. I couldn't find any data for the area of the NBS

4. Financing: Most of the questions in this question were answered on a hypothetical basis, using the expected values and plans I found as answers to the questions about funding.

6. Evaluation and Learning: I could not answer with any impacts because the implementation of the project has not even started.