1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Szczecin
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Modernizacja Stawu Brodowskiego
Short description of the intervention
Revitalization of the Brodowski Pond and its surroundings that include: revitalization of the pond itself, modernization of the viewpoints, building alleys, new lighting system, senior corner, playground, gym, greenery, recreational areas and a dog run. The justification for the project emphasizes revitalization of the area, improving its functionality and usefulness as well as aesthetics while preserving the terrain and raising the importance of the pond as a public space of a city of particular aesthetic values. (1)(2)
Address

70-001 Szczecin
Poland

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 (14.56398 53.451834)
POINT (14.561774 53.448763)
POINT (14.563571 53.448561)
POINT (14.565171 53.449144)
POINT (14.56679 53.451283)
NBS area image
Source of NBS area image
https://www.urbanity.pl/zachodniopomorskie/szczecin/staw-brodowski,b9572
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Previous derelict area
Public Greenspace Area
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
2013
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2014
End date of the intervention
2015
Present stage of the intervention
Completed
Goals of the intervention
Modernization of the Brodowski Pond and surroundings. The revitalization of the area, improving its functionality and aesthetics, creating a public space of a city of particular aesthetic values. (1)(2)
Quantitative targets
Unknown
Monitoring indicators defined
Build an infrastructure that will increase public access to the green recreational area at the pond.(1)(2)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Water management (SDG 6)
Flood protection
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Enabling opportunities for physical activity
Improving mental health
Improving physical health
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Real estate development
Implementation activities
The revitalization of the pond, modernization of the viewpoints, building alleys, new lightning system, senior corner, playground, outdoor gym, greenery, recreational areas, bicycle path and a dog run. They are all in a residential area with no other green infrastructure, but with a significant number of senior citizens, families with children (beneficiaries of the kindergarten near the pond and fishermen. The CCTV system is a significant element of investment (1)(2).
Type of NBS project
Creation of semi-natural blue areas
Maintenance and management of urban nature
Transformation of previously derelict areas
Management and improved protection of rivers and other blue areas
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Green playgrounds and school grounds
Parks and urban forests
Large urban parks or forests
Blue infrastructure
Lakes/ponds
Vegetation Type
Grass
Please specify other amenities offered by the NBS
modernization of the viewpoints, building alleys, new lighting system, senior corner, playground, outdoor gym, greenery, recreational areas, bicycle path and a dog run.
Amenities offered by the NBS
Playgrounds
Sports areas and equipment
Viewing and outlook points
Other
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Regulating services
Noise reduction
Mediation of smell / noise / visual impacts
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Recreation
Mental and physical health and wellbeing
Social and community interactions
Scale
Spatial scale
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Citizens or community groups
Please specify other local relevant strategy
The act regulating the Szczecin Civic Budget's distribution
Governance
Governance arrangements
Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Non-government actors
Citizens or community groups
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
Project funded from the Szczecin Civic Budget. Citizens (represented by the neighbourhood council) were involved in the projects' design and voting for the best project proposals. The municipal government is responsible for funding and implementing the successful projects.
Key actors - initiating organization
Citizens or community group
Land owners
No information found
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Local government/municipality
Citizens or community group
Land owners
No information found
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
Crowd-sourcing/Crowd-funding/Participatory budget
Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
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
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
Each project submitted within Szczecin's participatory budget 2014 had to be in line with the tasks and competences of the city.(5)
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Please specify other type of voluntary intervention
Citizens initiated the project, developed the project's proposal and applied for funding.
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
The tasks and competences of Szczecin city mentioned in relation to the 2014 participatory budget mention 'greenery and tree plantings' as one of its priorities.(5)
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
Other
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
Participatory city budget.
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?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
€500,000 - €2,000,000
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
~1 012 608 (4.520.169 PLN)
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)
4.520.169 PLN (around 1.071.071 EUR).(1)(3)
Source(s) of funding
Public local authority budget
Type of fund(s) used
Earmarked public budget
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Business models
Risk reduction model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Citizens / local communities
Type of innovation
Technological
Infrastructural innovation
Please specify technological innovation
New infrastructure in the surroundings of the lake that will allow to access it in the ways not possible before.(1)(2)
Please specify social innovation
Recreational area for all the citizens.
Novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Replicability/Transferability
The innovation is not referred to as being transferred to new initiative(s)
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
The project has revitalised a wild, uninhabited piece of land with an unregulated pond, which had been a relict of a former cement factory (Portland Zementfabrik Züllchow) [6]. The goal of the project was to improve the aesthetics of the neighbourhood and provide a safe recreational area for the local community. The NBS has built an infrastructure that will increase public access to the green recreational area at the pond.(1)(2) There is no data regarding the environmental impacts available.
Economic impacts
Stimulate development in deprived areas
Description of economic benefits
The revitalisation project has been nominated as the best community-led project in a local competition "Mieszkam tu! – Mądre pomysły na mądre miasto (I live here! - Smart ideas for a smart city)". A simple google search shows a significant number of real estate investments in the area.
Social and cultural impacts
Safety
Increased perception of safety
Social justice and cohesion
Improved social cohesion
Fair distribution of social, environmental and economic benefits of the NBS project
Improved liveability
Improved access to urban green space
Increased opportunities for social interaction
Health and wellbeing
Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Cultural heritage and sense of place
Improvement in people’s connection to nature
Description of social and cultural benefits
The project has revitalised a decaying wild and, therefore, an inaccessible area in a residential area inhabited by families with small children, but also senior citizens and the amateurs of fishing. After its completion, the project has been attracting numerous visitors who feel safe (regulated water pond, stairs, alleys and protected viewpoints, CCTV) and inclined toward spending more leisure time outdoors. The park is also a where children from the nearby kindergarten perform their outdoor activities, and elderly citizens enjoy a safe and accessible are for integration.
It has improved the quality of life for local residents by providing an attractive recreational and integrational area and a place for local festivities, the CCTV system has added to the prestige and the feeling of safety - all that has increased the attractiveness of the neighbourhood which is now referred to as "the most beautiful place of the northern Szczecin" [6].
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Indicators
Unknown
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Regulation of built environment
Conversion of former industrial areas
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Enabling opportunities for physical activity
Improving mental health
Improving physical health
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Real estate development
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
No information available
Environmental justice: The implementation of the NBS project resulted in ...
Positive distribution of NBS benefits
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 August 2020
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Observation (including virtual surveillance methods)
Where can this data be accessed? Please include a link to a report or web-page.
https://www.portalsamorzadowy.pl/serwis/mieszkam-tu-2016/nominacje/rewitalizacj…
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
Yes
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
Yes
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. 1 (application form 1)
Ref.2 (application form 2)
Ref.3 (investment estimate)
Ref.4 (online article 1)
Ref.6 (the project is nominated in a local contest for best urban planning inve…
List of references
1. Project's application form part 1, Szczecin's participatory budget 2014, 'Modernization of the Brodowski Pond' ('Modernizacja stawu Brodowskiego'), http://bip.um.szczecin.pl/konsultacje/files/85520E33425F4DE4914B2901FDFFA232/005_projekt_sbo_2014.pdf Last accessed July 6 2020
2. Project's application form part 2, Szczecin's participatory budget 2014, 'Modernization of the Brodowski Pond' ('Modernizacja stawu Brodowskiego'), http://bip.um.szczecin.pl/konsultacje/files/3BBD16180CC64382BE5FAF87DAC73934/002_projekt_sbo_2014.pdf Last accessed July 6 2020
3. Project's investment estimate, Szczecin's participatory budget 2014, 'Modernization of the Brodowski Pond' ('Modernizacja stawu Brodowskiego'), http://bip.um.szczecin.pl/konsultacje/files/BD4563234A0E463BA67E5C1C37C4396D/0055_projekt_sbo_2014.pdf Last accessed July 6 2020
4. Madejski, T., (2015), 'Brodowski Pond is nearly ready' ('Staw Brodowski prawie gotowy'), radioszczecin.pl, http://radioszczecin.pl/1,126341,staw-brodowski-prawie-gotowy-zdjecia (Accessed: 06 July 2020)
5. 'Consultation on Szczecin's Participatory Budget for 2014' ('Konsultacje w sprawie Szczecińskiego Budżetu Obywatelskiego na rok 2014'), http://bip.um.szczecin.pl/konsultacje/chapter_116034.asp Last accessed July 7 2020
6. Portal Samorządowy. (no date). Competition "Mieszkam.tu". Available at: https://www.portalsamorzadowy.pl/serwis/mieszkam-tu-2016/nominacje/rewitalizacja-stawu-brodowskiego-i-okolic-w-szczecinie,79774.html (Accessed: 06 July 2020).
Interview comments
The relevant city council body (Szczecin's participatory budget) was contacted to obtain additional information on questions in the sections 4 and 6. I am waiting for the reply.
Comments and notes
Additional insights
The submitted tasks within the 2014 participatory budget were subjected to a 3-stage formal evaluation by the relevant City Council's bodies. The assessment team took into account projects' strategic dimension, their technical feasibility and their attractiveness.(5)
Pictures of the NBS
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Public Images
Brodowski Pond
Brodowski Pond
Source: https://radioszczecin.pl/1,126341,staw-brodowski-prawie-gotowy-zdjecia