1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
1. Mainstreaming blue and green infrastructure on the development policies of the urbanizing cities of Nepal.
2. Identification, mapping, and exploring the measures for conserving and restoring traditional ponds, stone pouts, etc for sustainable urban ecosystems in the core urban areas of rapidly urbanising cities.
3. Preparing a dynamic inventory through systematic and scientific data collection and engaging the youths in its management through the concept of young citizen scientists.
4. Develop a user-friendly, dynamic and comprehensive web platform to visualize the BGI within the city, and regularly update the information through cloud sourcing.
5. Conduct series of research, policy dialogues, and share the best practices on BGI bringing policymakers, decision-makers, researchers, practitioners, students, youths and community stakeholders in a common platform.
6. Orient the stakeholders to adopt locally adapted, resource-efficient and systemic interventions. [1, 2]
2. Identification, mapping, and exploring the measures for conserving and restoring traditional ponds, stone pouts, etc for sustainable urban ecosystems in the core urban areas of rapidly urbanising cities.
3. Preparing a dynamic inventory through systematic and scientific data collection and engaging the youths in its management through the concept of young citizen scientists.
4. Develop a user-friendly, dynamic and comprehensive web platform to visualize the BGI within the city, and regularly update the information through cloud sourcing.
5. Conduct series of research, policy dialogues, and share the best practices on BGI bringing policymakers, decision-makers, researchers, practitioners, students, youths and community stakeholders in a common platform.
6. Orient the stakeholders to adopt locally adapted, resource-efficient and systemic interventions. [1, 2]
Quantitative targets
Identification of 156 locations, operational and management status of the infrastructures, stone spouts and ponds.
Monitoring indicators defined
Unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Climate change adaptation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change adaptation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
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?
Please specify "other Type of NBS project"
Mapping of blue and green infrastructures
Implementation activities
Completed activities:
1. Traditional blue infrastructures like Hitis and ponds were studied within the Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Mobilized citizen scientists to collect information, photographs and other attribute datasets. Developed an interactive platform to map and visualize the information of Hitis and ponds.
2. Developed a web interface to visualize the trees alongside roads. A partnership initiative with another organization youth innovation lab during their Save Trees Campaign.
3. A field-based data collection and survey by a team of surveyors to identify Blue infrastructures (particularly hitti (stone spouts) and ponds) within the KMC under the fellowship.
4. Identification of 156 locations, mainly, operational and management status of the infrastructure –stone spouts and ponds.
5. Mobilized surveyors to collect photographs and other attribute datasets of Blue Infrastructures.
6. Discussions with local stakeholders (municipal office, ward office, representatives from local communities) with respect to the current situation, and the cultural significance of these traditional amenities.
7. Created a web-based interactive mapping platform/ web portal to outline and visualize the blue infrastructure datasets.
The team has further laid out some short-term and long-term plans regarding the green infrastructure mapping in the city, which is yet to be done. [2]
1. Traditional blue infrastructures like Hitis and ponds were studied within the Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Mobilized citizen scientists to collect information, photographs and other attribute datasets. Developed an interactive platform to map and visualize the information of Hitis and ponds.
2. Developed a web interface to visualize the trees alongside roads. A partnership initiative with another organization youth innovation lab during their Save Trees Campaign.
3. A field-based data collection and survey by a team of surveyors to identify Blue infrastructures (particularly hitti (stone spouts) and ponds) within the KMC under the fellowship.
4. Identification of 156 locations, mainly, operational and management status of the infrastructure –stone spouts and ponds.
5. Mobilized surveyors to collect photographs and other attribute datasets of Blue Infrastructures.
6. Discussions with local stakeholders (municipal office, ward office, representatives from local communities) with respect to the current situation, and the cultural significance of these traditional amenities.
7. Created a web-based interactive mapping platform/ web portal to outline and visualize the blue infrastructure datasets.
The team has further laid out some short-term and long-term plans regarding the green infrastructure mapping in the city, which is yet to be done. [2]
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Previously, with Save Tree Campaign developed a web interface to visualize the trees alongside roads in the past. [1]
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
The innovation has high potential to be transferred to other places and for other GI initiative identfication. [2]
