1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Craiova
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Parcul Tineretului
Short description of the intervention
The Tineretului Park is a special vegetation and touristic area, a forest park stretched over an area of ​​over 60 hectares, on the left bank of the Jiu River. It was rehabilitated in 2009 by the municipality and it is the second-largest park in the city. Before its rehabilitation, it was seen as a dangerous area, high in petty crimes. Its rehabilitation was also much needed since Craiova is one of the Romanian cities with the lowest number of green spaces (1,2) .
Address

Bulevardul Știrbei Vodă
Craiova
Romania

Area boundary
POINT (23.75219 44.307753)
POINT (23.762114 44.306686)
POINT (23.765751 44.311892)
NBS area image
Source of NBS area image
Google Images
https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B018'42.8%22N+23%C2%B045'56.7%22E/@44.3118958,23.7569963,1916m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!1m2!2m1!1sparcul+tineretului+craiova!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d44.3118916!4d23.7657506
Total area
600000.00m²
NBS area
600000.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
unknown
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2008
End date of the intervention
2010
Present stage of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
1. Protect and conserve biodiversity;
2. Refuge for species and buffers against the impact of climate change;
3. To offer a place to exercise and improve physical and mental wellbeing;
4. To stimulate the recreation and tourism industries, and to be a source of employment for the local community;
5. To offer pollution abatement and cooling;
6. To increase property value in the area (1,2,3).
Quantitative targets
1. Provide 80 jobs (1)
2. Set up 3 fields: football, volleyball and tennis (1)
3. Build 2 Water slides starting at a height of over 9 meters and 90 meters long and 3 water slides, starting from over 4 meters high and having a track length of 21.5 meters (1)
4. Asphalt 12 km of alley (3)
5. Install lighting poles on the 30.000 sqm surface of the are(1)
Monitoring indicators defined
1. Number of jobs created;
2. Number of citizens served;
3. Amount of the space that needs lighting;
4. Amount of park furniture needed (1).
Climate change adaptation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change adaptation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Please specify "other Habitats and biodiversity conservation activity"
Refuge for species and buffers against the impact of climate change (1,2,3)
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What types of conservation goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Implementation activities
Work started by digging, planting of decorative trees, landscaping for grass zones , installation of aesthetic and ambient lighting. The work was conducted during winter time as well. (1)
Type of NBS project
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Parks and urban forests
Large urban parks or forests
Vegetation Type
Please specify how many trees were planted
Unknown
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Regulating services
Local climate regulation (temperature reduction)
Air quality regulation
Cultural services
Tourism
Aesthetic appreciation
Recreation
Scale
Spatial scale
Meso-scale: Regional, metropolitan and urban level
Beneficiaries
Governance
Governance arrangements
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
This was entirely an initiative that belonged to the mayor's office (1). According to a newspaper of the time, one of the reasons the mayor wanted to rehabilitate the park was that he had his villa there and he wanted to increase the value of the land (4)
Key actors - initiating organization
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Local government/municipality
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
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
The intervention is mentioned in the Governmental Decision no. 1588/2009, through which the Government approves the project alongside 148 green spaces across Romania. (5)
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Unknown
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
No
Please specify
The municipality of Craiova does not have a Environmental Directorate, environmental issues are subordinated to the Urbanism and Territorial Arrangement Directorate (6)
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
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
Unknown
Co-finance for NBS
No
Co-financing governance arrangements
No
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)
10.743 Euro (1)
Source(s) of funding
Type of fund(s) used
Non-financial contribution
No
Business models
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Please specify social innovation
This is a cultural innovation since it aims at regulating the access to green area spaces in a city that confronts with their lack and it is also an economic innovation because its aim was to increase economic growth either by tourism revenues, other economic activities and real-estate value (land value) (7)
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
This NBS is completely new due to its size - a 60 ha park- and the innovations brought to improve this area such as swimming pools, tennis courts which in the end are part of a larger green complex which was not transferred to other parks or green spaces in Craiova (1)
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Description of environmental benefits
The NBS did not report environmental impacts however it did increase the green space in Craiova, by creating this respective area. (1)
Description of economic benefits
This NBS did not issue reports however it was expected from it to improve recreational and entertainment conditions for the inhabitants of Craiova and for those from neighbouring localities and counties, in special hygienic and sanitary conditions and without the risk of unwanted injuries which in turn was expected to raise the local budget revenues, and attract investments and businesses in the area (1).
Social and cultural impacts
Description of social and cultural benefits
Unknown
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
Process of recording NBS impacts
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
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
No
Please specify other modes of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
It is stated that the citizens have not been involved in the evaluation process (4)
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
No
Please specify
It is stated that the citizens have not been involved in the evaluation process (4)
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
List of references
1. Regia Autonoma de Administrare a Domeniului Public si a Fondului Locativ Craiova (2009), Parcul Tineretului, Available at https://raadpflcraiova.ro/domenii-de-activitate/parcul-tineretului/, (Accessed 30-08-2020)

2. Discover Dolj (2009), Parcul Tineretului din Craiova, Available at https://discoverdolj.ro/places/parcul-tineretului-_m59iqvtpkhflq (Accessed 30-8-2020)

3. Gazeta de Sud (2009), Lunca Jiului devine Parcul Tineretului, Available at http://www.gds.ro/Actualitate/2009-09-17/Lunca+Jiului+devine+Parcul+Tineretului/ (Accessed 30-8-2020)

5. Romanian Government, DECISION no. 1588 of 16 December 2009 on the approval of the selected projects and their financing under the National Program for Environmental Improvement through the Development of Green Areas in the Localities, (2009), Available at http://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/114741 (Accessed 30-8-2020)

6. Municipality of Craiova (no date), Organizational chart, Available at http://www.primariacraiova.ro/ro/contact (Accessed 30-8-2020)

7. Yumpu (2009), Profilul si potentialul turistic în regiunea Dolj, Olt, Mehedinti, Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Pleven, Available at https://www.yumpu.com/ro/document/read/13617077/profilul-si-potentialul-turistic-in-regiunea-dolj-olt-innoturism (Accessed 30-8-2020)





Comments and notes
Public Images
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Image of the park
https://discoverdolj.ro/places/parcul-tineretului-_m59iqvtpkhflq
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Image of the park 2
https://discoverdolj.ro/places/parcul-tineretului-_m59iqvtpkhflq