1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Clermont-Ferrand
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Espaces verts de l'Ecoquartier Champratel
Short description of the intervention
Champratel Eco-District is mainly a housing development plan with new green space areas which will be part of the green corridor of the city. "It will be a real "Garden-District" to offer participatory housing: "For La Grande Plaine, the city of Clermont-Ferrand wanted to go beyond the simple redevelopment of a neighborhood by implementing an innovative approach: participatory housing. It's a new way of collectively designing, creating and managing individual homes" (Ref. 11). It will offer harmonious urban forms and vast green spaces. It will mainly offer a concordance between two desires: the proximity of the city and a pleasant living environment" (Ref. 2). Three main green spaces have been created including a meadow in the north, a green square Rose-Parks to create a meeting place for the inhabitants, and diverse gardens (some of which are maintained and others which are wild" (Ref. 5).
Address

Champratel District
63100 Clermont-Ferrand
France

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 (3.1134992932129 45.815362911389)
POINT (3.1135696678997 45.811908795563)
POINT (3.119664947847 45.812833085512)
POINT (3.1198978900517 45.815962965862)
POINT (3.1167101766277 45.816141411223)
POINT (3.1134992932129 45.815362911389)
NBS area image
Source of NBS area image
Coordinates offer a rough approximation of aerial photo from Ref. 2
Total area
197000.00m²
NBS area
100000.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Residential
Website of the intervention
https://lagrandeplaine.fr/
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
2006
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2011
End date of the intervention
ongoing
Present stage of the intervention
Ongoing
Goals of the intervention
-"The Champratel eco-neighborhood is a response to the detriment of urban sprawl."
-"Create public spaces that promote biodiversity, allow alternative management of rainwater, a reasoned use of energies or even thermal and phonic comfort to the most peaked standards."(Ref. 4)
-"Respect the environment by considering the sober management of water, limiting the movements of land at the time of construction, preferring local species for plantations, allowing alternative management of rainwater ..." (Ref. 5)
"For La Grande Plaine, the city of Clermont-Ferrand wanted to go beyond the simple redevelopment of a neighborhood by implementing an innovative approach: participatory housing. It's a new way of collectively designing, creating and managing individual homes" (Ref. 11)
Quantitative targets
-19,7 ha of total area of the eco-district, 10 hectares of green spaces (Ref. 3).
-Number of housing units created (Ref. 1): 600
-Number of housing units renovated (Ref. 1): 300
Monitoring indicators defined
-Area of entire eco-district (m^2) (Ref. 3)
-Area of green spaces (m^2) (Ref. 3)
-Number of housing units created (Ref. 1)
-Number of housing units renovated (Ref. 1)
-delivery of housing units (Ref 1)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
Climate change adaptation
Water management (SDG 6)
Stormwater and rainfall management and storage
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Habitat and biodiversity restoration
Green space creation and/or management
Environmental quality
Air quality improvement
Noise reduction
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16)
Inclusive governance
Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
Social interaction
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Enabling opportunities for physical activity
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Real estate development
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Promotion of cultural diversity
Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Sustainable consumption
Climate change adaptation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Reduce exposure to climate risks directly
Build resilience
Climate change adaptation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Implement sustainable urban drainage infrastructure (e.g. to make space for water)
Increase the use of climate-resilient plant species (resistant to drought, fire, and pests)
Please specify "other Climate change mitigation activity"

Please specify "other Habitats and biodiversity restoration activity"
planting local species: preferring local species for plantations (Ref 5) herbaceous plants that are resistant to both dryness and moisture." (Ref. 7)
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?
Restore species (native, endangered, or unspecified)
Restore ecological connectivity
Other
Please specify "other Type of NBS project"
participatory housing: "For La Grande Plaine, the city of Clermont-Ferrand wanted to go beyond the simple redevelopment of a neighborhood by implementing an innovative approach: participatory housing. It's a new way of collectively designing, creating and managing individual homes" (Ref. 11)
- sustainable construction (Ref 5) and eco-neighborhood in response to urban sprawl (Ref 4)
Implementation activities
"In Champratel, the plant will be visible everywhere in different forms. The idea is to preserve and strengthen the natural continuities between Champratel and its surroundings by opening the city to the landscape that surrounds it. And to vary the pleasures, some green areas will be very gardened while others will show a wild and freer image."
"Three public spaces, very green, which will cross the district from north to south, between the agricultural plain and the city of Plaine." (Ref. 6)
"Rainwater is recovered in swales and ponds, herbaceous plants that are resistant to both dryness and moisture." (Ref. 7)
"The walk of the "Platanes" will cross the district from west to east. It will meet the three tributaries north-south and will include gardens of nature: small salons offering break and meeting. A square will cross this walk". "Community gardens could be arranged"
"plantations of local species will be privileged"(Ref. 6)

Key figures and stages of the project (Ref. 1):
2016: delivery of 21 housing units: Protéa residence
2017: end of thermal rehabilitation in the buildings on rue Flamine
2018: two operations delivered, for a total of 53 housing units.
2020: two operations delivered, for a total of 40 housing units.
2021: two operations delivered representing 92 housing units.
2027: delivery of the remaining housing units to achieve the creation of 600 housing units in total.
-"Respect the environment by considering the sober management of water, limiting the movements of land at the time of construction, preferring local species for plantations, allowing alternative management of rainwater ..." (Ref. 5)
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
Other
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Alley or street trees and other street vegetation
Parks and urban forests
Large urban parks or forests
Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Green corridors and green belts
Community gardens and allotments
Community gardens
Blue infrastructure
Lakes/ponds
Green areas for water management
Rain gardens
Please specify "other urban green space connected to grey infrastructure"
"The walk of the "Platanes" will cross the district from west to east. It will meet the three tributaries north-south and will include gardens of nature: small salons offering break and meeting. " (Ref 6)
Please specify "other parks or (semi)natural urban green area"
meadow in the north (Ref 5)
Please specify the number of plots or allotment gardens
Unknown-- "diverse gardens (some of which are maintained and others which are wild" (Ref. 5)
What is the level of innovation / development of the NBS related to water management?
Low: Simple rain water collection intervention (rain garden, local seepage pit) or simple permeable areas
Vegetation Type
Grass
Shrubs
Garden beds
Please specify other amenities offered by the NBS
Numerous public spaces have been set up in the eco-district: parks, squares, ping-pong and picnic tables, street work out spaces (outdoor weight training apparatus), and a football field in five (Ref. 5).
Amenities offered by the NBS
Playgrounds
Sports areas and equipment
Other
Please specify "other marginalized group"
"offering a housing production sector dedicated to “the breeding ground” of modest and medium incomes: those who are either above the aid thresholds or below market prices. Its location, perceived today as negative by the inhabitants of the city, ultimately makes it a prime asset to initiate this exceptional product that is the affordable building land in the city center , located a few steps from the tram, at prices which will remain modest at the start of the operation (which we will propose to protect, in the sale contracts, by anti-speculative clauses), in view of the city's overall market" (Ref. 11).
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Provisioning services
Water (surface and ground water for drinking and non-drinking purposes)
Regulating services
Local climate regulation (temperature reduction)
Air quality regulation
Mediation of smell / noise / visual impacts
Other
Habitat and supporting services
Habitats for species
Other
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Recreation
Mental and physical health and wellbeing
Social and community interactions
Please specify "other regulating service"
"thermal and phonic comfort to the most peaked standards."(Ref. 4); allowing alternative management of rainwater ..." (Ref. 5)
Please specify "other habitat and supporting service"
"plantations of local species will be privileged"(Ref. 6)
Scale
Spatial scale
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Local government/Municipality
Citizens or community groups
Marginalized groups
Marginalized groups
Socio-economically disadvantaged populations (e.g. low-income households, unemployed)
Other
Governance
Governance arrangements
Government-led
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
"This project undertaken today by the city of Clermont-Ferrand is the fruit of a reflection carried out for several years already to respond to various urban problems." (Ref. 12)
"This project is part of an ANRU [French] "National Agency for Urban Renewal" program signed in 2006" (Ref. 8 and 9)
-Private sectors are in charge of the work (AMO Urbanism and landscape Agency) (Ref. 12, page 14)
-"The Region has subsidized the public spaces inside the district, outside the Plaine des Jeux" (Ref. 10).
-"The City of Clermont-Ferrand entrusts an important mission to Living Cities: to make the heart of the metropolis accessible to all
In 2018, while the city of Clermont-Ferrand was defining a new direction to complete the construction of the La Grande Plaine district, Villes Vivantes, a private company aiming to have social impact, developed a new concept, the “BAMBA”, based on the production of tailor-made building lots. sold directly to residents.
-At the very beginning of 2019, the city of Clermont-Ferrand opted for this proposal and it is therefore at the foot of the volcanoes that the "BAMBA" will be implemented in France for the first time! The Living Cities teams and its co-contractors (Regain, Dasa, Récipro-Cité, DGD Avocats, Paul Vincent Architecte) will adapt the development plan to make room for more than 100 building plots and offer all developers. project coaching and creative, independent and personalized expertise" (Ref. 13).
Key actors - initiating organization
National government
Local government/municipality
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
National government
Regional government
Local government/municipality
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Citizens or community group
Please specify other participatory methods
Co-construction: "Programming a public space: consultation with the inhabitants in 2014" "In the Great Plain, public spaces are designed with the inhabitants during the moments of consultation. These co-construction approaches allow everyone to be an actor in their neighborhood" (Ref. 5).
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
Dissemination of information and education
Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
Co-management/Joint management
Citizen oversight (e.g. boards, advisory)
Other
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the national regulations/strategy/plan
"This project is part of an ANRU program signed in 2006" (Ref. 8 and 9)
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Unknown
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Mandatory (based on policy)
Intervention is mandatory
Spatial planning guidance
Environmental regulation
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
Urban Planning and Sustainable Development Project of Clermond Ferrand (2016) Section "Orientation 3: Relative to nature in the city and ecological continuity" (Ref. 8, page 27)
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
Biodiversity Plan of the city to preserve nature in the city and its ecological corridor (Ref. 7)
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
Biodiversity strategy or plan
Urban redevelopment plan
Please specify other vegetation type
"some green areas will be very gardened while others will show a wild and freer image." (ref 6)
"Rainwater is recovered in swales and ponds, herbaceous plants that are resistant to both dryness and moisture." (Ref. 7)
"Community gardens could be arranged"
"plantations of local species will be privileged"(Ref. 6)
green spaces part of the green corridor for maintaining biodiversity of the city (Ref. 1,4, 5 and 6, 7).

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
ANRU (National Agency for Urban Renewal) investments to the city for Urban Renewal Plan (Ref. 9)
Co-finance for NBS
Yes
Co-financing governance arrangements
Yes
Co-governance arrangement
Other
Please specify other co-financing type
"This project was the subject of an agreement with the National Agency for Urban Renovation (ANRU), with the State co-financing part of the operation's deficit. This subsidy for the facilities, including the Playground, amounts to € 1,158,455 for € 8,895,103 of works taken into account. The Region has subsidized the public spaces inside the district, outside the Plaine des Jeux" (Ref. 10).
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?
8895103 (Ref 10)
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)
"This project was the subject of an agreement with the National Agency for Urban Renovation (ANRU), with the State co-financing part of the operation's deficit. This subsidy for the facilities, including the Playground, amounts to € 1,158,455 for € 8,895,103 of works taken into account. The Region has subsidized the public spaces inside the district, outside the playground" (Ref. 10).
Source(s) of funding
Public national budget
Public local authority budget
Type of fund(s) used
Earmarked public budget
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Business models
Green densification model
Urban offsetting model (biodiversity or water)
Please specify other environmental impact
-Use of plants suitable for the setting: "Plants that easily take roots and are satisfied with the existing soil, plants which will be able to grow with natural water supplies as quickly as possible to save these resources, plants whose speed and scale of growth will be at the scale of the district and will not require heavy interventions of size or of medium and long term pruning ... while offering a wide variety of choices for tailor-made gardens, where all aesthetic sensibilities can be found" (Ref. 11)
-Orientation and configuration of facades, sizing and positions of openings to take advantage of light and natural ventilation (Ref 11)
- work on levels and roof overhangs to protect the houses and their surroundings from prevailing winds and driving rain (Ref 11)
-planting of seed that requires low intervention and low water use (Ref 11)
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Private for-profit actor (e.g. firm, insurer)
Type of innovation
System innovation
Please specify system innovation
Inhabitants are involved in the public space management and are consulted.
"Urban planning: spaces for meetings" (Ref. 2) New green spaces created with gardens (Ref. 3) -"The Champratel eco-neighborhood is a response to the detriment of urban sprawl." (Ref 5) Both green spaces are created for the well-being of the inhabitants and improve their meetings. (Ref. 5)
"For La Grande Plaine, the city of Clermont-Ferrand wanted to go beyond the simple redevelopment of a neighborhood by implementing an innovative approach: participatory housing. It's a new way of collectively designing, creating and managing individual homes" (Ref. 11)
Novelty level of the innovation
Ambiguous (e.g. multiple interpretations)
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
"The re-urbanization of Champratel takes the form of an innovative eco-neighborhood" (Ref. 3)
"The aim is to create an attractive, lively city, unprecedented in Clermont-Ferrand"(Ref. 5)
"For La Grande Plaine, the city of Clermont-Ferrand wanted to go beyond the simple redevelopment of a neighborhood by implementing an innovative approach: participatory housing. It's a new way of collectively designing, creating and managing individual homes" (Ref. 11)
Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Climate change
Lowered local temperature
Strengthened capacity to address climate hazards/natural disasters
Environmental quality
Improved air quality
Green space and habitat
Promotion of naturalistic styles of landscape design for urban development
Increased green space area
Other
Description of environmental benefits
The project is still in progress, but some units have been delivered and some impacts are already visible:

Climate change
-Reduced emissions: "Working on the layouts of buildings according to a bioclimatic approach, in synergy with the other dimensions of the tailor-made of each housing project, is an essential approach. Orientation and configuration of facades, sizing and positions of openings to take advantage of light and natural ventilation, work on levels and roof overhangs to protect the houses and their surroundings from prevailing winds and driving rain, use of plants around buildings to air-condition urban space and counter the effects of heat islands ... make the district of the Grande Plaine a skillful and gracious partner, who knows how to dance in good harmony, lot by lot, project by project , with natural elements!" (Ref. 11).

Green space and habitat
-Promote naturalistic styles of landscape design for urban development: "The presence of nature is a dimension to be worked on in depth: making nature a dimension of the living environment and not just a varnish" (Ref. 11).
-Increased green space area: quantitative increase of 100000 m^2 (Ref. 1)
Economic impacts
Increased property prices
Stimulate development in deprived areas
Please specify other socio-cultural impact
improved governance: -"Programming a public space: consultation with the inhabitants in 2014" (Ref. 1); , involvement of citizens with regular consultation on the project process (Ref. 1,4, 5 and 6, 7).
"For La Grande Plaine, the city of Clermont-Ferrand wanted to go beyond the simple redevelopment of a neighborhood by implementing an innovative approach: participatory housing. It's a new way of collectively designing, creating and managing individual homes" (Ref. 11)
Description of economic benefits
The project is still in progress, but some units have been delivered and some impacts are already visible:

-Stimulate development in deprived areas: quantitative increase in number of houses being developed in area with poor reputation as described here: "We believe that the Great Plain is an extraordinary ground for offering a housing production sector dedicated to “the breeding ground” of modest and medium incomes: those who are either above the aid thresholds or below market prices. Its location, perceived today as negative by the inhabitants of the city, ultimately makes it a prime asset to initiate this exceptional product that is the affordable building land in the city center , located a few steps from the tram, at prices which will remain modest at the start of the operation (which we will propose to protect, in the sale contracts, by anti-speculative clauses), in view of the city's overall market" (Ref. 11).
Social and cultural impacts
Social justice and cohesion
Improved social cohesion
Improved liveability
Increased visibility and opportunity for marginalised groups or indigenous peoples
Increased opportunities for social interaction
Health and wellbeing
Improved physical health
Improved mental health
Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Cultural heritage and sense of place
Promotion of cultural diversity
Increased appreciation for natural spaces
Other
Please specify other environmental justice issue
- "For La Grande Plaine, the city of Clermont-Ferrand wanted to go beyond the simple redevelopment of a neighborhood by implementing an innovative approach: participatory housing. It's a new way of collectively designing, creating and managing individual homes" (Ref. 11)
-access to low or medium income housing: "We believe that the Great Plain is an extraordinary ground for offering a housing production sector dedicated to “the breeding ground” of modest and medium incomes: those who are either above the aid thresholds or below market prices. Its location, perceived today as negative by the inhabitants of the city, ultimately makes it a prime asset to initiate this exceptional product that is the affordable building land in the city center , located a few steps from the tram, at prices which will remain modest at the start of the operation (which we will propose to protect, in the sale contracts, by anti-speculative clauses), in view of the city's overall market" (Ref. 11).
Description of social and cultural benefits
The project is still in progress, but some units have been delivered and some impacts are already visible:

"For La Grande Plaine, the city of Clermont-Ferrand wanted to go beyond the simple redevelopment of a neighborhood by implementing an innovative approach: participatory housing. It's a new way of collectively designing, creating and managing individual homes" (Ref. 11)

Social justice and cohesion
-Improvement of liveability/mental health/physical health: "Creating this tailor-made intimacy, adapted to the way of life of each one is what will make the district of the Great Plain a soft place to live day after day, where each one will be able to feel good, at home among the others" (Ref. 11).
-Increased opportunities for social interaction/cultural diversity: "A property line wall that can become a base for discussions between neighbors" (Ref. 11)


Health and wellbeing
-Gain in activities for recreation and exercise/cultural diversity: “This open-air space, part of the Champratel urban project, aims to promote exchanges between residents during sporting, leisure or relaxation moments. While the residents of the neighborhood have been associated with this urban project, it includes several developments to meet various challenges such as conviviality with free access barbecues, picnic tables or the installation of games. Sports activities are not left out, thanks to the creation of a space for “street work out” (outdoor muscular equipment) but also a “Five” field (synthetic surface five-a-side football field)” (Ref. 9)
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Indicators
-"Programming a public space: consultation with the inhabitants in 2014" (Ref. 1)
-Green spaces created for providing a meeting place with community gardens (Ref. 5)
-Swales created to retain rainwater, and urban renewal plan to deal with the urban sprawl, green spaces part of the green corridor for maintaining biodiversity of the city, involvement of citizens with regular consultation on the project process (Ref. 1,4, 5 and 6, 7).
-Increased green space area: quantitative increase of 100000 m^2 (Ref. 1)
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Water management (SDG 6)
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
other
No information available
Environmental justice: The implementation of the NBS project resulted in ...
Positive distribution of NBS benefits
Gentrification
Other
Please specify other method used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
"Programming a public space: consultation with the inhabitants in 2014" (Ref. 1); , involvement of citizens with regular consultation on the project process (Ref. 1,4, 5 and 6, 7).
"For La Grande Plaine, the city of Clermont-Ferrand wanted to go beyond the simple redevelopment of a neighborhood by implementing an innovative approach: participatory housing. It's a new way of collectively designing, creating and managing individual homes" (Ref. 11)

Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
No specific information available as of July 22, 2020. Possibility of construction delays due to stay at home orders active in all of France from March 16, 2020 to May 11, 2020 (https://www.gouvernement.fr/en/coronavirus-covid-19).
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
Collection of monitoring data continuously throughout the project to aid evaluation
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Focus groups
Other
Unknown
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 (but 'participatory housing' is noted: "For La Grande Plaine, the city of Clermont-Ferrand wanted to go beyond the simple redevelopment of a neighborhood by implementing an innovative approach: participatory housing. It's a new way of collectively designing, creating and managing individual homes" (Ref. 11))
Link to the output of assessments
http://www.c-champratel.fr/info-chantiers
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
Focus Group
Other
Please specify other modes of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
"For La Grande Plaine, the city of Clermont-Ferrand wanted to go beyond the simple redevelopment of a neighborhood by implementing an innovative approach: participatory housing. It's a new way of collectively designing, creating and managing individual homes" (Ref. 11)
"Programming a public space: consultation with the inhabitants in 2014" (Ref. 1); , involvement of citizens with regular consultation on the project process (Ref. 1,4, 5 and 6, 7).

Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Yes
Please specify
"Programming a public space: consultation with the inhabitants in 2014" "Several ideas have been proposed: meeting place, protected area from all traffic, no concrete, natural spaces""At the beginning of the school year, a restitution of the project will allow the last adjustments with the inhabitants before the finalization." (Ref.1)
"For La Grande Plaine, the city of Clermont-Ferrand wanted to go beyond the simple redevelopment of a neighborhood by implementing an innovative approach: participatory housing. It's a new way of collectively designing, creating and managing individual homes" (Ref. 11)
"In the Great Plain, public spaces are designed with the inhabitants during the moments of consultation. These co-construction approaches allow everyone to be an actor in their neighborhood" (Ref. 5).
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Ref. 1
Ref. 2
Ref. 3
Ref. 4
Ref. 5
Ref. 6
Ref. 7
Ref. 8
Ref. 9
Ref. 10
Ref. 11
Ref. 12
Ref. 13
List of references
1. Avaialable at: https://clermont-ferrand.fr/champratel-devient-la-grande-plaine (Accessed: July 22, 2020).
2. Clermont Ferrand (n.d). "La grande plaine". Available at: https://lagrandeplaine.fr/ (Accessed: July 22, 2020).
3. Clermont Ferrand (n.d). "La grande plaine, c’est quoi ?". Available at: https://lagrandeplaine.fr/-/la-grande-plaine-cest-quoi/ (Accessed: July 22, 2020).
4. Clermont Ferrand (n.d). "Habiter à la Grande Plaine". Available at: https://lagrandeplaine.fr/-/habiter-a-la-grande-plaine/page/2/ (Accessed: July 22, 2020).
5. Clermont Ferrand (n.d). "La vie du quartier". Available at: https://lagrandeplaine.fr/-/la-vie-du-quartier/page/2/ (Accessed: July 22, 2020).
6. Clermont Ferrand (n.d). "Les actualités". Available at: https://lagrandeplaine.fr/-/les-actualites/ (Accessed: July 22, 2020).
7. Clermont Auvergne Métropole (n.d). "Biodiversité". Available at: https://www.clermontmetropole.eu/fr/preserver-recycler/transition-energetique-et-ecologique/biodiversite/ (Accessed: July 22, 2020).
8. Ville de Clermont Ferrand (2016). “Plan d’Aménagement and de Développement Durables”. Available at: https://en.calameo.com/read/0000002095f4a1a23e540 (Accessed: July 22, 2020).
9. ANRU (2010). "Urbanisme durable PRU de l’agglomération Clermontoise". (Website not available in 2020).
10. Clermont Infos (2018). "LA PLAINE DES JEUX INAUGURÉE À CHAMPRATEL". https://www.clermontinfos63.fr/actualite-16717-la-plaine-des-jeux-inauguree-a-champratel.html (Accessed: July 22, 2020).
11. Villes Vivantes (n.d). "BAMBA: Un projet de recherche & développement open source". Available at: http://www.vivantes.fr/modeles/bamba/ (Accessed: July 22, 2020).
12. Clermont Communaute (2016). "Visite dea quartiers NPRU de l'agglomeration clermontoise: dossier de synthese". Available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By6erNe01FOhV0x0cm1LTXZUZ3M/view (Accessed: July 22, 2020).
13. Clermont Ferrand (n.d). "BAMBA, un nouveau visage pour le quartier de La Grande Plaine". Available at: https://lagrandeplaine.fr/bamba-un-nouveau-visage-pour-le-quartier-de-la-grande-plaine/ (Accessed: July 22, 2020).
Comments and notes
Comments
The main website of the ecoquarter underwent a redesign and none of the previous links were functional. Previous links are listed here:

1. http://www.c-champratel.fr/urbanisme-des-espaces-propices-aux-rencontres
2. http://www.c-champratel.fr/sites/default/files/plaquette_projet_urbain.pdf
3. http://www.c-champratel.fr/l-historique-une-ambition-inachevee-reprend-vie
4. http://www.c-champratel.fr/pourquoi-un-ecoquartier
5. http://www.c-champratel.fr/les-objectifs-durables-du-projet-champratel
6. http://www.c-champratel.fr/environnement-la-nature-est-la
7. http://www.c-champratel.fr/sites/default/files/bat_panneau_5_ok.pdf
8. http://www.c-champratel.fr/quel-programme
9. http://www.anru.fr/fraru/fraru2010/Saint-Etienne/Clermont-Ferrand.pdf
10. https://www.clermontmetropole.eu/fr/preserver-recycler/transition-energetique-et-ecologique/biodiversite/
11. http://www.calameo.com/read/0000002095f4a1a23e540
12. http://www.c-champratel.fr/sites/default/files/dossier_de_presse_v10_ligth_0.pdf
13. http://www.c-champratel.fr/info-chantiers
Additional insights
The start-up Living Cities (Villes Vivantes) which is involved in the implementation of this NBS appears to be a private company with a dedication to positive social impact (Ref. 13).
Pictures of the NBS
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/sites/default/files/nbs/images/278-avp-phm-voirie-z1dead5.jpg
/sites/default/files/nbs/images/dsc06947.jpg
/sites/default/files/nbs/images/le_square_la_grande_prairie_1.jpg
/sites/default/files/nbs/images/la_lisiere_cultivie_0.jpg
Public Images
Champratel eco-district
Champratel eco-district
https://passagersdesvilles.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/champratel-des-perspectives-a-la-realite/
Champratel eco-district
Champratel eco-district
https://passagersdesvilles.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/champratel-des-perspectives-a-la-realite/
Champratel eco-district
Champratel eco-district
https://passagersdesvilles.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/champratel-des-perspectives-a-la-realite/
Champratel eco-district planning process
Champratel eco-district planning process
https://passagersdesvilles.wordpress.com/2014/06/23/concerter-pour-creer-du-lien-lexemple-de-champratel/
Champratel eco-district
Champratel eco-district
https://passagersdesvilles.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/eco-quartier-et-renouvellement-urbain-les-usages-au-centre/