1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Zürich
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Green City Manegg
Short description of the intervention
The Generalunternehmung Losinger Marazzi AG is developing a sustainable city quarter with Greencity, incorporating alley trees, pocket parks, house gardens, and green areas attached to the buildings (Ref 2). The landscape concept contrasts the new concentration of urban housing, services, and businesses with the landscape’s natural geomorphological features. The place is very close to the Sihl river. The river landscape defines western and eastern Manegg which benefit from other characteristic natural features, forests and the grasslands of the Entlisberger embankment. The newly erected, densely built “GreenCity” dovetails with the natural landscape it’s nested in (Ref 1).
Address

Manegg
Zurich
Switzerland

Location
The NBS is a city-wide initiative, the GIS point marks the centre of the city
Total area
150000.00m²
NBS area
60000.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Industrial
Website of the intervention
https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/hbd/de/index/staedtebau/planung/entwicklungsgebiet…
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
unknown
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2006
End date of the intervention
ongoing
Present stage of the intervention
Ongoing
Goals of the intervention
To serve multiple urban purposes; contributing an additional attraction to the city of Zurich and providing a quiet area for the general public, increasing green space within the city, provide some habitats for local species, local air temperature control, local air pollution control, and aesthetics (Ref 1)
Quantitative targets
To construct 30% building area and 70% green area, recycle 100% of the recyclable waste, reduce the energy consumption, waste generation, and air pollution (Ref 3).
Monitoring indicators defined
CO2 captured, total number of people using the area, local temperature reduction (Ref 1)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
Climate change mitigation
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Environmental quality
Air quality improvement
Climate change mitigation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Sequester and store carbon
Climate change mitigation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Increase green urban nature for carbon storage (wetlands, tree cover)
Invest in public transport/bicycle infrastructure as a means to prevent car use
Raise public awareness of behaviours, lifestyle and cultural changes with mitigation potential
Implementation activities
The area has been divided into plots for the plantation and building construction. New buildings are being constructed with rainwater harvesting facilities, low energy demand facilities, and with more green areas connected. Trees and shrubs have been planted. A pocket park has been created, a pathway to connect to the river Sihl has been created (Ref 2,3)
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Alley or street trees and other street vegetation
Green parking lots
Parks and urban forests
Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Vegetation Type
Trees
Garden beds
Please specify how many trees were planted
Unknown
Amenities offered by the NBS
Sports areas and equipment
Cultural (museum, concert areas)
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Regulating services
Local climate regulation (temperature reduction)
Air quality regulation
Carbon storage/sequestration
Habitat and supporting services
Habitats for species
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Scale
Spatial scale
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Private sector/Corporate/Company
Citizens or community groups
Governance
Governance arrangements
Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Non-government actors
Private sector/Corporate/Business
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
The area is owned by the city council and the project has been developed by Losinger Marazzi, a real estate development foundation (Ref 2)
Key actors - initiating organization
Local government/municipality
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Local government/municipality
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Co-management/Joint management
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the national regulations/strategy/plan
Swiss Landscape Concept’ in commissioning new buildings and installations (Ref 3).
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
The “Zurich 2035 strategies” to follow the vision of further developing Zurich into a metropolis with sustainable facilities (Ref 3).
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
• Design plan "GreenCity.Zurich" (2013) (Ref 2)
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
Urban development concept (2012) (Ref 2)
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
Municipal / city level environmental plan or programme
Urban redevelopment plan
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
Yes
Please specify
Extensive research has been conducted by LOSINGER MARAZZI before the implementation of the project (Ref 3).
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
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?
Not applicable
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
Unknown
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)
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
Public local authority budget
Type of fund(s) used
Unknown
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Business models
Green densification model
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
Construction of new infrastructural facilities like buildings with green areas attached to it, new trees have been planted, a pocket park with small shrubs have been created to contribute in urban green space and local air pollution reduction. Also, a pathway has been built to connect to the river Sihl (Ref 1,3).
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
Climate change
Lowered local temperature
Environmental quality
Improved air quality
Green space and habitat
Increased green space area
Increased number of species present
Description of environmental benefits
The newly erected, densely built „GreenCity“ dovetails with the natural landscape it’s nested in. This becomes particularly evident in the open areas and the factory canal promenade that extends into sloping meadows. It is planned to plat hundreds of trees to make the open space green. These are expected to contribute to lowering the local temperature and air quality. They are also expected to attract some bird and insect species. These open greenspace areas serve multiple urban purposes; contributing an additional attraction to the city of Zurich and providing, as city gardens do, quiet areas for the general public. (Ref 2)
Economic impacts
Increased property prices
Attraction of business and investment
Description of economic benefits
The intervention is expected to provide an improved residential place and an attractive business development centre as well (Ref 1, 2).
Social and cultural impacts
Social justice and cohesion
Improved liveability
Improved access to urban green space
Health and wellbeing
Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Description of social and cultural benefits
The residential place would be quiet and would provide the locals to connect more with nature and improve their livability. It will also provide a place for biking and walking and other physical exercises (Ref 2).
Type of reported impacts
Expected impacts
Indicators
Nearly 60,000 m2 green space creation with trees and shrubs plantation, number of species provided new habitats, degree of air temperature reduction, amount of local air pollution reduction (Ref 1,2)
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
No information available
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
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
The Green City
List of references
1. A city in green. Green city- Zurich south, Switzerland. Case studio. VOGT. Available at: http://www.vogt-la.com/en/project/green-city-z%C3%BCrich-south. Accessed on 3rd August, 2020.
2. Green City. Stadt-Zurich. Available at: https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/hbd/de/index/staedtebau/planung/entwicklungsgebiete/manegg/projekte_geplant/sihlpapier_areal.html. Accessed on 3rd August, 2020.
3. Green City Project. Available at: https://greencity-offices.ch/. Accessed on 3rd August, 2020.
Comments and notes
Public Images
Greencity park
Greencity
https://www.vogt-la.com/en/project/green-city-z%C3%BCrich-south
Greencity view
Greencity
https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/hbd/de/index/staedtebau/planung/entwicklungsgebiete/manegg/projekte_geplant/sihlpapier_areal.html