1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Győr
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Zöld parkolólemez a győri Kuopio-parkban
Short description of the intervention
In 2014, the planning stage of a large parking lot with an innovative green roof was started and was planned to be built on the public green space in Kuopio Park. The parking lot was planned to accommodate up to 156 cars and the green roof was planned to be 4000 square meters large. (Reference 1) The goal of implementing the green roof was to not decrease the green area of the park. However, the plan was cancelled due to concerns about the high cost. (Reference 10) In 2020, a new plan for a parking lot was introduced, which would be less costly, but will involve no green roof or green elements.
Address

Győr
Kuopio park
9023
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 (17.65359 47.67556)
POINT (17.65448 47.67569)
POINT (17.65536 47.67308)
POINT (17.65464 47.67298)
Total area
18200.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Public Greenspace Area
Website of the intervention
http://www.tspc.hu/projektek/adyvaros-parkololemez/
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
2014
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
in planning stage
End date of the intervention
unknown
Present stage of the intervention
Planned, but cancelled
Goals of the intervention
- Increasing the parking places in the inner city;
- Maintaining or even increasing the green area of the park;
- Keeping the existing green infrastructure and improving its quality;
- Creating a pleasant green roof park for recreation;
- Economic development: creating an attractive neighbourhood, increasing property value and tourism around the park;
- Making the green park wheelchair accessible (Reference 1, 2).
Quantitative targets
- Creating 156 new parking places;
- Creating a 4000 square meter public park on the roof of the parking lot (Reference 1, 7);
Monitoring indicators defined
- Size of the green surface
- Number of parking spaces (Reference 1)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Regulation of built environment
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Tourism support
Real estate development
Please specify "other Type of NBS project"
Creation of green infrastructure
Implementation activities
The project was cancelled in the planning phase, so nothing has been implemented. (Reference 10)
Type of NBS project
Other
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Nature on buildings (external)
Green roofs
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Green parking lots
Parks and urban forests
Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Type of Green Roof
Intensive Green Roof: depth 7 - 24+ inches; plants: Perennials, Lawn, Putting green, Shrubs and Trees, rooftop farming; High maintenance and costs
Vegetation Type
Grass
Trees
Please specify how many trees were planted
unknown
Amenities offered by the NBS
Benches and drinking water stations
Playgrounds
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Unknown
Scale
Spatial scale
Sub-microscale: Street scale (including buildings)
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Local government/Municipality
Citizens or community groups
Governance
Governance arrangements
Government-led
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
The municipality of Győr initiated the project while the plans were created by TSPC Hungaria Kft.
Key actors - initiating organization
Local government/municipality
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Local government/municipality
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Please specify other participatory methods
According to a local politician, a survey that was conducted among the residents revealed that the majority of people would support the implementation of the parking lot covered with green roof. 90 % stated that s/he would be even willing to pay for parking, if the intervention was implemented (Reference 7).
Land owners
No information found
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
The necessity of solving parking problems and the green redevelopment of Kuopio park appears in the city's strategy for urban development of 2008 (Reference 3).
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Unknown
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
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
Green roofs, as important elements of the green infrastructure, appear in the city's environment protection program of 2012 [Győr Megyei Jogú Város Települési Környezetvédelmi Programjának felülvizsgálata, aktualizálása, 2012] (Reference 5).
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
Unknown
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Co-finance for NBS
Unknown
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
€2,000,000 - €4,000,000
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
2,170,000
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
n/a
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
n/a
Please specify total cost (EUR)
The total cost of the parking lot at Kuopio square was estimated to be 750,000,000 HUF, that is about 2,170,000 EUR in July 2020. However, the project was cancelled. (Reference 10)
Source(s) of funding
Public local authority budget
Other
Please specify other source of funding
When the project was in the planning phase, it was unclear who will subsidise part of the project, as the project was clearly expensive for the municipality. (Reference 7 and 10)
Type of fund(s) used
Earmarked public budget
Other
Please specify other type of fund used
The municipality was looking for other sources of funding.
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
Technological
Infrastructural innovation
Please specify technological innovation
The intervention is able to increase the number of parking places in the city, which has been a major challenge of the municipality for years, and at the same time keep the existing green infrastructure of the park and improve its quality.
Novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
unknown
Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Unknown
Description of environmental benefits
As the project was terminated in the planning phase, there are no impacts to show and there were no expected impacts reported.
Economic impacts
Unknown
Description of economic benefits
As the project was terminated in the planning phase, there are no impacts to show and there were no expected impacts reported.
Description of social and cultural benefits
As the project was terminated in the planning phase, there are no impacts to show and there were no expected impacts reported.
Type of reported impacts
No impacts reported
Indicators
- number of parking places created
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
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
Not applicable, as the project was terminated before 2020.
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
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
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
According to a local politician, a survey that was conducted among the residents revealed that the majority of people would support the implementation of the parking lot covered with green roof. 90 % stated that s/he would be even willing to pay for parking, if the intervention was implemented (Reference 7).
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 1: Description of the project
Reference 2: Presentation of the project in the municipal council
Reference 4: Previous developments in Kuopio park
Reference 10: Mutatjuk a Kuopio parki parkolólemez új látványterveit – galéria
List of references
1. TSPC.hu. (2017). Adyváros parkolólemez. [online] Available at: http://www.tspc.hu/projektek/adyvaros-parkololemez/. [Accessed: 25 Jul. 2020].
2. Borkai, Zs. (2016). 00904/2016. (X. 19.) Kgy. előterjesztés: Tájékoztató az önkormányzati beruházások jelenlegi helyzetéről. [online] Available at: hhttp://jogtar.gyor.eu/?p=15039 [Accessed: 25 Jul. 2020].
2. HHP Contact Tanácsadó Kft. (2008) Győr Megyei Jogú Város Középtávú Integrált Városfejlesztési Stratégiája. Győr: Győr MJV Közgyűlése.
4. Kisalfold.hu. (2014). Megújult a győri Kuopio park - fotók. [online] Available at: http://www.kisalfold.hu/gyori_hirek/megujult_a_gyori_kuopio_park_-_fotok/2382644/. [Accessed: 25 Jul. 2020].
5. Győr Megyei Jogú Város. (2012). Győr Megyei Jogú Város Települési Környezetvédelmi Programjának felülvizsgálata, aktualizálása. Győr: Győr Megyei Jogú Város.
6. Gyorplussz.hu. (2016). Parkolólemez Adyvárosban: tervezés alatt. [online] [Link unavailable in 2020]
7. Szeghalmi, B. (2015). 1,2 milliárdos adyvárosi parkolólemezek: tízből kilencen még fizetnének is itt a parkolásért - látványtervek, videó. Kisalföld. [online] Available at: http://www.kisalfold.hu/gyori_hirek/12_milliardos_adyvarosi_parkololemezek_tizbol_kilencen_meg_fizetnenek_is_itt_a_parkolasert_-_latvanytervek_video/2426853/. [Accessed: 25 Jul. 2020].
8. TSPC.hu. (2017). Adyváros parkolólemez. [image] Available at: http://www.tspc.hu/projektek/adyvaros-parkololemez/. [Accessed: 25 Jul. 2020].
9. Szeghalmi, B. (2017). Ilyen sem volt még! Zöldkörforgalom épül Győr-Szigetben - fotók, látványterv. Kisalföld. [online] Available at: http://www.kisalfold.hu/gyori_hirek/ilyen_sem_volt_meg_zoldkorforgalom_epul_gyor-szigetben_-_fotok_latvanyterv/2526168/. [Accessed: 25 Jul. 2020]
10. Kisalfold.hu. (2020) Mutatjuk a Kuopio parki parkolólemez új látványterveit – galéria. [online]. Available at: https://www.kisalfold.hu/kozelet/helyi-kozelet/mutatjuk-a-kuopio-parki-parkololemez-uj-latvanyterveit-galeria-9601296/ [Accessed: 25 Jul. 2020]
Additional comments
1. I was unable to find or create using google maps an acceptable aerial photo of the park.
Comments and notes
Pictures of the NBS
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