Goal setting and impacts delivery
Yes, from the planning phase the project aimed to address issues in these three key priority areas and it also delivered benefits across these three areas.
Please specify the achievements of the project goals
Climate action and biodiversity goals:
-Expected lowered local temperature: "The achievements included a planted area mitigating the heating island effect, support for pollinators through blooming plants, birdhouses and insect hotels fostering biodiversity, innovative walking areas, playful Japanese stone steps, and the enhancement of an existing building" (5, p. 63).
-Achieved increased green space area: "The project took the form of a temporary landscaping of a 36 sqm area, involving the placement of two raised plant beds perpendicular to the direction of travel (according to the access point)" (5, p. 67).
-Achieved enhanced support of pollination: "The achievements included a planted area mitigating the heating island effect, support for pollinators through blooming plants, birdhouses and insect hotels fostering biodiversity, innovative walking areas, playful Japanese stone steps, and the enhancement of an existing building" (5, p.63).
Social justice and community:
-Achieved improved social cohesion: "Strengthen community identity by involving residents in the design and regeneration of their public spaces" (4).
-Achieved improved access to urban green space: "While our expectations from the City Hall were hopeful, the proposal emphasised the removal of hedges to enhance access to existing green spaces" (5, p. 62).
-Achieved increased visibility and opportunity for marginalised groups or indigenous peoples: "120 children from Kindergarten of Extended Program no. 25 from Iași worked alongside the people who joined us in the project" (1).
-Achieved increased opportunities for social interaction: "The first two meetings helped us start the dialogue with the community, present them with the purpose of the project and gather proposals from them for how they want the intervention to be carried out. The next two meetings were practical, with direct involvement in the urban regeneration action." (1).
-Achieved increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces: "The first two meetings helped us start the dialogue with the community, present them with the purpose of the project and gather proposals from them for how they want the intervention to be carried out. The next two meetings were practical, with direct involvement in the urban regeneration action." (1).
-Achieved gain in activities for recreation and exercise: "The day concluded with a sustainability game" (5, p. 57).
-Achieved improvement in people’s connection to nature: " "BNH will offer an innovative alternative to traditional urban regeneration practices, focusing on strengthening identity and reconnecting the community with nature" (2).
-Achieved increased sense of place identity, memory and belonging: "Establish a shared sense of belonging and pride in the transformed urban environment" (4).
-Achieved increased appreciation for natural spaces: ""BNH will offer an innovative alternative to traditional urban regeneration practices, focusing on strengthening identity and reconnecting the community with nature" (2).
