1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
1. Social cohesion/identity: the role of urban parks in strengthening social ties, relations and cohesion.
2. House prices: the value of urban parks as part of the living environment as reflected in higher real estate prices (for both houses and apartments).
3. Biodiversity: the role of parks in harbouring and promoting biodiversity, and species diversity in particular.
4. Air quality and carbon sequestration: positive impacts of urban parks in terms of reducing air pollutant levels and carbon sequestration.
5. Cooling: the role of parks in the cooling of urban areas(2).
2. House prices: the value of urban parks as part of the living environment as reflected in higher real estate prices (for both houses and apartments).
3. Biodiversity: the role of parks in harbouring and promoting biodiversity, and species diversity in particular.
4. Air quality and carbon sequestration: positive impacts of urban parks in terms of reducing air pollutant levels and carbon sequestration.
5. Cooling: the role of parks in the cooling of urban areas(2).
Quantitative targets
1. Cover an area of 10 ha of green space;
2. Plant 450 trees and 250 shrubs;
3. Serve 35.000 inhabitants with a large segment of young adult population: 53% (1,3), direct beneficiaries: 150 houses, with 4500 citizens (7).
2. Plant 450 trees and 250 shrubs;
3. Serve 35.000 inhabitants with a large segment of young adult population: 53% (1,3), direct beneficiaries: 150 houses, with 4500 citizens (7).
Monitoring indicators defined
1. Number of people who are going to benefit from this NBS;
2. Size of the area taken into consideration to be transformed in a green space;
3. Number of trees and shrubs planted (1,3).
2. Size of the area taken into consideration to be transformed in a green space;
3. Number of trees and shrubs planted (1,3).
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
A showcase of camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas was reclassified. The future of the Park is centred on an essential object, the fluvial course (Rio Tinto, which is nearby), whose process of depollution is fundamental to the continuity of the park. The area offers a variety of vegetation from oaks and cork oaks, which has been cleaned, requalified and integrated into the park, to countless species of wildflowers which extend, alongside grass, to the valley of the Rio Tinto. (3)
Type of NBS project
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
This NBS is a product innovation due to the fact that a new garden was created as a product of different species of plants from 5 continents which are reared to thrive in Porto's climatic conditions. It also gives people the opportunity to experience a diversity of floras (6)
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
The structure of the new space, although identical to that of the City Park, presents different characteristics in terms of vegetation and the possibility of taking advantage of the water courses, such as Rio Tinto. (3)
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
There are no mentions of transferability of the present NBS (3)
