1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Lisboa (FUA)
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Largo de Alcântara
Short description of the intervention
The redevelopment of the Alcantara square is part of the program A SQUARE IN EACH NEIGHBOURHOOD, implemented by the Municipality of Lisbon in 2017 onward. Besides the road re-organization, the project includes specific elements. The NBS includes the creation of a public garden, cycling path, playground facilities and introduction of new trees (Ref.1). The residents of the neighbourhood were asked to participate. The participation process aimed at obtaining from the citizens an evaluation on different pertinent questions in the experience of the public space, results showed: space for pedestrians, improve green spaces and urban living (Ref.1).

Address

R. Maria Pia
Lisboa
Portugal

Location
Point location, which indicates where the NBS takes place
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Residential
Cultural Heritage Area
Website of the intervention
http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/viver/urbanismo/espaco-publico/uma-praca-em-cada-bairro…
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
2014
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2017
End date of the intervention
2017
Present stage of the intervention
Completed
Goals of the intervention
1) Improve the connections between the station of Alcântara-Mar and Alcântara-Terra, assigning João de Oliveira Miguéns Street to the pedestrian movement and creating a green and cycling corridor;
2) increase the leisure areas and improving the safety in the pedestrian crossing to the Alcântara-terra station;
3) Improve storm drainage network, optimizing runoff capacity, reducing flood risks. (1)
4) To allow an articulated phased intervention and to ensure that pedestrian circulation is improved at all stages, with bigger and more comfortable sidewalks in order to increase the pedestrian path;
5) Create public spaces, green areas and gardens, and playground;
6) Adopt cycling lanes for children or pedestrian areas where children can ride a tricycle and/or bicycle without danger; (2)


Quantitative targets
Serve as a green space for the approx. 14,000 residents of Alcantara (3)
Monitoring indicators defined
No of people using the green space (3)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Water management (SDG 6)
Flood protection
Stormwater and rainfall management and storage
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Enabling opportunities for physical activity
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Protection of historic and cultural landscape/infrastructure
Implementation activities
Articulate the intervention on Rua Prior do Crato with the future roundabout of Alcântara; Pedonize the side of the street João de Oliveira Miguéns; To allow a phased intervention articulated and that ensures in the various stages to improve pedestrian circulation; Extend the intervention ruling this place the parking, and requalifying the pedestrian crossing of the station; (1)
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
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
Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Green areas for water management
Sustainable urban drainage systems
What is the level of innovation / development of the NBS related to water management?
Unknown
Vegetation Type
Grass
Shrubs
Trees
Please specify how many trees were planted
Unknown number of trees
Amenities offered by the NBS
Benches and drinking water stations
Playgrounds
Sports areas and equipment
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Regulating services
Flood regulation
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Recreation
Social and community interactions
Scale
Spatial scale
Sub-microscale: Street scale (including buildings)
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Citizens or community groups
Marginalized groups
Young people and children
Marginalized groups
Elderly people
Governance
Governance arrangements
Government-led
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
With the participation process, it was intended to obtain, on the part of the citizens, an evaluation on different pertinent questions in the experience of the public space and that have implications both in the concretization of the urban design as in the definition of priorities of requalification in each square, to obtain a diagnosis of the existing situation, to collect ideas and suggestions for the area, to support the definition of intervention priorities and to integrate the results into the projects. (ref.1)
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
Citizens or community group
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
Citizen oversight (e.g. boards, advisory)
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 area is under protection by the Special Protection Zone missive/geographical plan (we call it “Carta”) established by the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage (ref.4). The Program, part of the Lisbon City of Neighborhoods concept, is one of the axes of the 2013-2017 City Government Program. The Government Program 2017-2021, in the Axis on Improving the quality of life and the environment_More and better public space, proposes to continue with this Program. (5)
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
Programme UMA PRAÇA EM CADA BAIRRO hosted by the Lisbon municipality as a participatory programme (3).
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Mandatory (based on policy)
Intervention is mandatory
Spatial planning guidance
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
Local Strategy: Uma Praça em Cada Bairro (ref. 3).
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
Municipal Director Plan - Urban Space Qualification (ref.4)
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
Municipal / city level environmental plan or programme
Urban redevelopment plan
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
Municipal Director Plan - Urban Space Qualification (ref.4)
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?
Not applicable
Financing
Total cost
€500,000 - €2,000,000
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)
671,799 euros (2)
Source(s) of funding
Public regional budget
Type of fund(s) used
Earmarked public budget
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Business models
Risk reduction model
Green densification model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Citizens / local communities
Type of innovation
Social
Governance innovation
Please specify social innovation
Following the approval of the program "Uma praca em cada bairro", at a meeting of the House of May 28, 2014, a phase was taken to collect contributions from the population most directly linked to the intervention sites. With the participation process, it was intended to obtain, on the part of the citizens, an evaluation on different pertinent questions in the experience of the public space and that have implications both in the concretization of the urban design as in the definition of priorities of requalification in each square, to obtain a diagnosis of the existing situation, collecting ideas and suggestions for the area, supporting the definition of intervention priorities and integrating the results into the projects. In these terms, citizens' online participation was submitted to Largo de Alcântara, through its digital participation platform of CML (1).

Novelty level of the innovation
The innovation is copied/derived from previous initiative(s) without substantial adaptation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Part of the initiative Uma Praça em Cada Bairro which implemented multiple square renovation projects across the city (ref.2)
Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Green space and habitat
Increased green space area
Description of environmental benefits
The NBS had as an environmental impact the expansion and the increase of the green space in historical neighborhoods. An improvement in the green area accessible to the citizens of the city, as well as the creation of proper accesses/paths for older people and recreational spaces for children.
On the website of the NBS, it is mentioned that the program, A square in each neighbourhood, is to be continued through 2021. More streets from Lisbon are considered for redevelopment. As of 2020, no specific reports have been published to assess the environmental impacts however after 2021 when the project should be completed, an overall report is expected (1) This being said, one must notice that at the beginning of the project a general framework to monitor the impacts has been created. The framework is attached to the sources for this NBS. (4)
Economic impacts
Unknown
Description of economic benefits
Unknown
Social and cultural impacts
Cultural heritage and sense of place
Protection of historic and cultural landscape / infrastructure
Description of social and cultural benefits
This NBS was implemented in a historically protected neighborhood and the idea behind it was to preserve the historical character by introducing the green space in it in a aesthetically pleasing way and not detrimental to the history of the place. This was an expected impact, alongside the idea that a city should harmonize its public space in a complementary way that benefited the people and its history (4)
Type of reported impacts
Expected impacts
Achieved impacts
Indicators
Unknown
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
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
Unknown as of July 2020.
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
Collection of monitoring data at specific time intervals during the project to aid evaluation
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Interviews
Focus groups
Questionnaire surveys / online surveys
Where can this data be accessed? Please include a link to a report or web-page.
http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/viver/urbanismo/espaco-publico/uma-praca-em-cada-bairro
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
Yes
Link to monitoring/evaluation reports
http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/fileadmin/VIVER/Urbanismo/urbanismo/praca/10_Abril2015_…
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
Online Forum
Please specify other modes of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
With the participation process it was tried to obtain, on the part of the citizens, an evaluation on different pertinent questions. In these terms, citizens' participation was submitted to the Largo de Alcântara, through its digital participation platform of CML, during the month. (1)
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Please specify
Citizens were consulted about the intervention prior to its implementation. There is no evidence of involvement afterwards.
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Sítio da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa: Largo de Alcântara
Lisboa, obras sem fim
Sítio da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa: Uma Praça em Cada Bairro
UMA PRAÇA EM CADA BAIRRO – INTERVENÇÕES EM ESPAÇO PÚBLICO
List of references
(1) Sítio da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (2017), Largo de Alcântara, Available at http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/viver/urbanismo/espaco-publico/uma-praca-em-cada-bairro/largo-de-alcantara (Accessed 21-6-2020).
(2) Expresso (2015), Lisboa, obras sem fim, Available at http:/expresso.sapo.pt/sociedade/2016-11-25-Lisboa-obras-sem-fim (Accessed 21-6-2020).
(3) Sítio da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (2017) Uma Praça em Cada Bairro, Available at http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/viver/urbanismo/espaco-publico/uma-praca-em-cada-bairro (Accessed 21-6-2020).
(4) Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (2015), UMA PRAÇA EM CADA BAIRRO, Available at :http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/fileadmin/VIVER/Urbanismo/urbanismo/praca/10_Abril2015_CADERNO-PRACAS.pdf (Accessed 21-6-2020)

(5) Municipality of Lisbon (2017), UMA PRAÇA EM CADA BAIRRO – INTERVENÇÕES EM ESPAÇO PÚBLICO, Available at https://www.lisboa.pt/cidade/urbanismo/espaco-publico/uma-praca-em-cada-bairro, (Accessed 26-7-2020)
Comments and notes
Public Images
Largo de Alcântara
Largo de Alcântara
Source: http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/viver/urbanismo/espaco-publico/uma-praca-em-cada-bairro/largo-de-alcantara
Largo de Alcântara
Largo de Alcântara
Source: http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/viver/urbanismo/espaco-publico/uma-praca-em-cada-bairro/largo-de-alcantara
Largo de Alcântara
Largo de Alcântara
Source: http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/viver/urbanismo/espaco-publico/uma-praca-em-cada-bairro/largo-de-alcantara