1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
Goals included (Ref. 4):
-Preserve and promote the natural heritage of Montpellier
-Promote wastelands as reservoirs of biodiversity, tools for connecting natural spaces
-Protect and enhance the great green flows accompanying watercourses (biological links and privileged sites for fauna and flora)
-Develop a network of soft transport throughout the city based on the green network (rivers, agricultural, natural and park areas)
-Education and awareness-raising objectives, particularly with schools.(Ref. 1)
-These uncultivated spaces invite us to rethink the development of the territory, a number that completes the city's green corridor. (Ref. 1)
In connection to biodiversity preservation the following goals could be identified (Ref.2):
-In the climatic conditions of Montpellier it is of primary importance to allow rainwater to infiltrate to restore them to the ground and to limit the surface flows.
-Most of the abandoned spaces harbor an important vegetation, capable of absorbing part of the CO2 generated by the human activities and of rejecting oxygen.
-Vegetation also plays an important role in attenuating noise, and the network of wastelands contributes to the black framework of unlit urban spaces, a refuge for nocturnal animal species. (Uploaded document, page 4, "les eaux et les airs" section")
-Preserve and promote the natural heritage of Montpellier
-Promote wastelands as reservoirs of biodiversity, tools for connecting natural spaces
-Protect and enhance the great green flows accompanying watercourses (biological links and privileged sites for fauna and flora)
-Develop a network of soft transport throughout the city based on the green network (rivers, agricultural, natural and park areas)
-Education and awareness-raising objectives, particularly with schools.(Ref. 1)
-These uncultivated spaces invite us to rethink the development of the territory, a number that completes the city's green corridor. (Ref. 1)
In connection to biodiversity preservation the following goals could be identified (Ref.2):
-In the climatic conditions of Montpellier it is of primary importance to allow rainwater to infiltrate to restore them to the ground and to limit the surface flows.
-Most of the abandoned spaces harbor an important vegetation, capable of absorbing part of the CO2 generated by the human activities and of rejecting oxygen.
-Vegetation also plays an important role in attenuating noise, and the network of wastelands contributes to the black framework of unlit urban spaces, a refuge for nocturnal animal species. (Uploaded document, page 4, "les eaux et les airs" section")
Quantitative targets
Unknown
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?
Climate change mitigation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change mitigation: 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?
Implementation activities
- Late mowing to preserve biodiversity (Ref. 1)
- "Plans outlining possible actions provide a framework for developing green management initiatives in existing green spaces and future developments. These sheets were drawn up with the active participation of agents and field visits. An inventory of this type of action has been carried out on the study districts and must be extended to the entire municipal territory" (Ref. 4).
-"Interactions with schools at experimental sites" (Source: uploaded document)
- "Plans outlining possible actions provide a framework for developing green management initiatives in existing green spaces and future developments. These sheets were drawn up with the active participation of agents and field visits. An inventory of this type of action has been carried out on the study districts and must be extended to the entire municipal territory" (Ref. 4).
-"Interactions with schools at experimental sites" (Source: uploaded document)
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify system innovation
Educational purposes with participation of schools on experimental project areas. Regeneration of abandoned land to preserve biodiversity and avoid flooding (Attached document).
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
There were first, four experimental areas and the project has the objectives to expand in other abandoned areas of the city (Attached document).
