1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
According to the Mayor of Sintra, Basilio Horta, the new park will serve to [2]:
- give families a leisure space with green spaces;
- be an investment in the quality of life for the citizens of Sintra;
- create a recreation space for different community groups (e.g. children and senior citizens). [1]
- the NBS also aims at increasing urban green space accessibility for all residents, with the creation of car parking spaces and pedestrian paths.
- give families a leisure space with green spaces;
- be an investment in the quality of life for the citizens of Sintra;
- create a recreation space for different community groups (e.g. children and senior citizens). [1]
- the NBS also aims at increasing urban green space accessibility for all residents, with the creation of car parking spaces and pedestrian paths.
Quantitative targets
This new space, which in its radius of influence (500 meters) will serve 5 thousand people, intends and qualifies the public space by integrating it into the urban network, allowing the improvement of pedestrian and road accessibility conditions. [1]
Monitoring indicators defined
No of people that will benefit from the NBS
Size of the area transformed in green space (1)
Size of the area transformed in green space (1)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Implementation activities
The new space will have green areas framed with bushes and trees, creating a continuous green space for recreation and leisure in an area surrounded by buildings. A central plateau is provided with equipment, consisting of an exercise area for seniors and adults, and a playground for children. The work also includes routes and accesses, contemplating internal routes and peripheral rides. In the surrounding space there will be car parks, benefiting greatly not only the residents, but also facilitating the parking for users who eventually come from further afield to enjoy this park. The work in progress also includes the installation of a watering system, water supply, drainage and drainage network.[1][1][2][3]
Type of NBS project
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
The announcement for the construction of the Leisure Park of the Rua Ramada Curto in Monte Abraão in Sintra came out in 2017. There have been announcements for similar leisure parks in other municipalities before, such as the Leisure Park of Outeiro da Maceda in the Municipality of Murtosa dated 2016. However, it is ambiguous whether the leisure park in Sintra was a derived initiative from these similar parks in other municipalities. [4]
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
There have been announcements for the creation of other leisure parks that came after the announcement for the Leisure Park of the Rua Ramada Curto in Monte Abraão in Sintra such as the Taipas Leisure Park in the Municipality of Guimarães that came out two months after the announcement for Sintra's. Similar to the ambiguity on whether the initative on Sintra builds on similar parks that have come before it, it is also unclear whether parks that have come after can be described as a transfer of innovation to new initiatives. [4]
