1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Sevilla (FUA)
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Paseo de las Riberas del Guadalquivir
Short description of the intervention
Recovered section of gardens along the banks of the Guadalquavir river, from the Bridge del Cachorro to the Alamillo Park. The area was originally built up for the International Exposition of Sevilla of 1992 and it was abandoned after the event. The area has been recovered by the city and transformed into a park with a series of gardens and pedestrian walk ways along the river. (Ref 1-3) During the 16 years of closure, the flora kept on growing and was rehabilitated during the process of the intervention. The plan also sought to recover the historical gardens of La Cartuja and incorporate them into the garden network of the Paseo de la Ribera. (Ref 2,3)
Address

Riverside of Guadalquivir
Sevilla
Spain

Location
The NBS is situated in an area, with clear delineation of boundaries and a specific shape (polygon). The NBS project can also have more than one area location (more than one polygon, situated close by).
Area boundary
POINT (-6.011079 37.42792)
POINT (-5.987561 37.423285)
POINT (-5.999577 37.387968)
POINT (-6.013482 37.386467)
NBS area image
Source of NBS area image
Ref 1
Total area
140000.00m²
NBS area
110970.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Other
Please specify “other type of area” before implementation of the NBS
Riverbank (Ref 1-3)
Website of the intervention
http://www.diariodesevilla.es/sevilla/ciudad-recuperara-ribera-Expo-abandono_0_…
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
2003
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2006
End date of the intervention
2011
Present stage of the intervention
Completed
Please specify "other" stage of the intervention
Recently the gardens have been threatened by vandalism and poor maintenance. (3)
Goals of the intervention
- Create a series of parks with these four characteristics: Metropolitan, Interchanging, Equipped, Sustainable. (Ref 1)
- Further connect the city to the banks of the river (Ref 1)
- Recover the historic gardens of la Cartuja and the gardens of Expo 92 (Ref 1)
- Create a green area for public use by reconstructing 7 gardens along the banks of the river connected by pedestrian walkways: Jardin de la Puerta Triana, Jardin del Pavellon de la Navegacion, Jardin de la Orilla del Monasterio de la Cartuja, Jardin Americano, Jardin del Auditorio, Jardin del Guadalquivir, and Jardin del Teatro (Ref 1)
Quantitative targets
140,000 square meters of gardens, forests, greenhouses and water structures of the Paseo de las Riberas del Guadalquivir (Ref 3)
Monitoring indicators defined
Area in sq metres of rehabilitation [m2] (Ref 3)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Environmental quality
Waste management
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Protection of historic and cultural landscape/infrastructure
Preservation of historic traditions
Implementation activities
Cleaning of the area which had become an urban dump after the closing of the Expo 92. (Ref 2)
January 2008- Start of the intervention construction (Ref 3)
Development of 140,000 square meters of gardens, forests, greenhouses and water structures of the Paseo de las Riberas del Guadalquivir (Ref 3)
January 2009- Projected end of the intervention construction (Ref 1)
2011 Garden path opens to public (Jardin Americano 2010, Jardin del Guadalquivir in 2011) (Ref 2)
2014, City proposal published for the recovery of the parks (after post-rehabilitation abandonment) (Ref 2)
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
Maintenance and management of urban nature
Ecological restoration of ecosystems
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Riverbank/Lakeside greens
Parks and urban forests
Large urban parks or forests
Green corridors and green belts
Community gardens and allotments
Other
Blue infrastructure
Rivers/streams/canals/estuaries
Please specify "other allotments and community gardens"
greenhouses (Ref 3)
Please specify the number of plots or allotment gardens
unknown (Ref 3)
What is the level of innovation / development of the NBS related to water management?
Unknown
Vegetation Type
Trees
Garden beds
Other
Please specify how many trees were planted
Unknown
Amenities offered by the NBS
Cultural (museum, concert areas)
Educational and research amenities (nature protection centre, monitoring stations)
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Provisioning services
Water (surface and ground water for drinking and non-drinking purposes)
Habitat and supporting services
Habitats for species
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Inspiration for culture, art and design
Recreation
Spiritual and / or emblematic (symbolic, sacred and / or religious)
Social and community interactions
Scale
Spatial scale
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Local government/Municipality
Citizens or community groups
Governance
Governance arrangements
Government-led
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir, CHG (Regional Body) - planning (Ref 1)
City Government of Sevilla - 25% of funding from local budget, and planning (Ref 1)
(Intervention is part of agreement of 13 actions on the banks of the river between the CHG and the City Council with a budget of more than 200 million euros and the enhancement of 9 urban parks) (Ref 3)
EU - 75% of funding from EU FEDER funds (Ref 1)
Key actors - initiating organization
Regional government
Local government/municipality
Land owners
No information found
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
EU body
Regional government
Local government/municipality
Land owners
No information found
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Unknown
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Unknown
Please specify the national regulations/strategy/plan
Collaboration Agreement between the Ministry of Environment and Sevilla City Government
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
Plan General de Ordenación Urbana (PGOU) (General Urban Organization Plan) (Ref 1)
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
Unknown
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
Plan General de Ordenación Urbana (PGOU) (General Urban Organization Plan) (Ref 1)
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
General municipal plan
Please specify other vegetation type
Unspecified: green area; historic gardens of la Cartuja and the gardens of Expo 92 (Ref 1)
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
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
Yes
Please specify
7.3 million euros from the EU ERDF funds and 2.4 million from the Sevilla City Government (Ref 1 and 3)
Co-finance for NBS
Yes
Co-financing governance arrangements
Yes
Co-governance arrangement
A fund / grant
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Set up for multiple NBS interventions, including this one
Financing
Total cost
More than €4,000,000
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
9 700 000 (Ref 1 and 3)
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)
9.7 million euros divided into:
7.3 million euros from the EU FEDER funds and 2.4 million from the Sevilla City Government (Ref 1 and 3)
Intervention is part of agreement of 13 actions on the banks of the river between the CHG and the City Council with a budget of more than 200 million euros and the enhancement of 9 urban parks (Ref 3)
Source(s) of funding
EU funds
Public local authority budget
Type of fund(s) used
Earmarked public budget
Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Please specify other Business model
Urban Regeneration (Ref 1-3)
Business models
Green densification model
Green heritage model
Other
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Type of innovation
Technological
Infrastructural innovation
Please specify technological innovation
Rehabilitation and connection of 7 park areas along the Guadalquivir river banks. (Ref 1)
Novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
unknown
Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Green space and habitat
Increased green space area
Restoration of derelict areas
Description of environmental benefits
Green Space Creation/ Restoration:
- Development of 140,000 square meters of gardens, forests, greenhouses and water structures of the Paseo de las Riberas del Guadalquivir (Ref 3)
- Recovery of historic gardens and around 30 000 new plants planted (ref 1)
- 110 970 m2 of garden space (ref 1)
-Rehabilitation and connection of 7 park areas along the Guadalquivir river banks. (Ref 1)
Economic impacts
Unknown
Description of economic benefits
Unknown
Social and cultural impacts
Social justice and cohesion
Improved access to urban green space
Health and wellbeing
Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Cultural heritage and sense of place
Protection of historic and cultural landscape / infrastructure
Increased sense of place identity, memory and belonging
Increased awareness of flora and fauna as culturally and historically meaningful
Description of social and cultural benefits
Access/ Recreation:
- 24 758 m2 of pedestrian pathways (Ref 1)

Historic Preservation:
- Recovery of historic gardens (Ref 1)
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Indicators
Area of green space rehabilitation [m2] (Ref 3); Number of plants planted (Ref 1); Area of garden space [m2] (Ref 1); Area of pedestrian pathways [m2] (Ref 1)
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
No information available
Environmental justice: The implementation of the NBS project resulted in ...
Improved access to green and/or blue spaces
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 30 September 2020
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Unknown
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
No evidence in public records
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
Unknown
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Ref. 3 La ciudad recuperará el paseo de ribera de la Expo tras 16 años de aband…
Ref. 4 Visitamos los Jardines del Guadalquivir
Documents relevant to the intervention
Attachment Size
Ref 1 (1013.3 KB) 1013.3 KB
Ref 2 (158.16 KB) 158.16 KB
List of references
1. Rein Duffau, Luis. (2006). Informe de Viabilidad: Proyecto de Acondicionamiento Ambiental y Reforestacion de las Riberas del Guadalquivir: Puente del Patrocinio-Puente del Alamillo M.D.EN Sevilla. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente. [Document provided].
2. Espadas Cejas, Juan. (2014). Propuesta para la Recuperacion del Jardin Americano y los Jardines del Guadalquivir. Ayuntamiento de Sevilla. [Document provided].
3. Diario de Sevilla. (2008). La ciudad recuperará el paseo de ribera de la Expo tras 16 años de abandono. Diario de Sevilla. Available at: http://www.diariodesevilla.es/sevilla/ciudad-recuperara-ribera-Expo-abandono_0_113689177.html [Accessed: 30 September 2020].
4. Cultura de Sevilla. (2011). Visitamos los Jardines del Guadalquivir. Available at: https://culturadesevilla.blogspot.com/2011/04/visitamos-los-jardines-del-guadalquivir.html [Accessed: 30 September 2020].
Comments and notes
Additional insights
2020 comments:
Re-use of open spaces closed to public after the closing of the Expo 92 grounds. During the 16 years of closure, the flora kept on growing and was rehabilitated during the process of the intervention. The plan also sought to recover the historical gardens of La Cartuja and incorporate them into the garden network of the Paseo de la Ribera. (Ref 2,3)
Pictures of the NBS
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Public Images
guadalquivir gardens 1
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guadalquivir gardens 2
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guadalquivir gardens 3
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guadalquivir gardens 4
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guadalquivir gardens 5
Source: Ref. 4