“An integrated solution for groundwater, rainwater, waste water, streams and ponds creates attractive housing in a new suburb (NyE), with room for exciting architecture. The water cycle plays a key role in urban development in Denmark, and water is one of the ever-present elements in our lives. Århus needs to prevent flooding caused by climate change, avoid polluting our groundwater, and improve the environment in streams and ponds to allow the use of water to create recreational value for the residents. This way, Århus can build a balanced aquatic environment, which will ultimately create a better city.” (Ref. 1) The establishment of the first stage consisting of 650 homes, day care center and grocery store was initiated in the autumn of 2016 after more than 10 years of planning, and in the summer of 2018, the first residents moved into Nye. More homes are on the way. (Ref 14). In its current form of just over 150 ha, it has a capacity of approx. 15,000-20,000 inhabitants or approx. 10,000 homes at full expansion (Ref 15)
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Parks and urban forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
- Blue infrastructure
- Lakes/ponds
- Coastal wetland, mangroves and salt marshes
- Green areas for water management
- Sustainable urban drainage systems
Key challenges
- Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
- Climate change adaptation
- Water management (SDG 6)
- Flood protection
- Stormwater and rainfall management and storage
- Improvements to water quality
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Habitat and biodiversity restoration
- Green space creation and/or management
- Environmental quality
- Waste management
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Enabling opportunities for physical activity
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
- Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
- Economic development: service sectors
- Real estate development
Focus
Project objectives
Implementation activities
Climate-focused activities
Climate change adaptation:
- Restore wetlands and/or coastal ecosystems to dissipate the effects of flooding and/or storms
- Implement sustainable urban drainage infrastructure (e.g. to make space for water)
Biodiversity conservation or restoration-focused activities
Biodiversity restoration:
- Rehabilitate and restore damaged or destroyed ecosystems
- Restore species (native, endangered, or unspecified)
- Other
Main beneficiaries
- Local government/Municipality
- Private sector/Corporate/Company
- Citizens or community groups
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Private sector/corporate actor/company
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
Project implemented in response to ...
Financing
Total cost
Source(s) of funding
- Public local authority budget
- Corporate investment
Type of funding
- Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Climate change
- Strengthened capacity to address climate hazards/natural disasters
- Environmental quality
- Improved waste management
- Water management and blue areas
- Improved water quality
- Increased protection against flooding
- Improved stormwater management
- Enhanced protection and restoration of freshwater ecosystems
- Green space and habitat
- Promotion of naturalistic styles of landscape design for urban development
- Increased green space area
- Increased conservation or restoration of ecosystems
- Improved prevention or control of invasive alien species
- Other
Economic impacts
- Increased property prices
- Attraction of business and investment
- Generation of income from NBS
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved social cohesion
- Improved liveability
- Improved access to urban green space
- Increased opportunities for social interaction
- Health and wellbeing
- Improved physical health
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Increased sense of place identity, memory and belonging
Type of reported impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Presence of indicators used in reporting
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
References
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Ref. 5. Nye (n.d.) Naturen. Byen. Nye. Information obtained: 2017-06-23. Source: Source link [Accessed 14 September 2020]
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Ref. 7. Tækker (2007) Fremtidens Forstad. Nye. Source: Source link [Accessed 18 September 2020]
Ref. 8. City of Aarhus (n.d.) Aarhus CO2 neutral in 2030 - tackling climate change in ecocity Aarhus. Source: Source link [Accessed 14 September 2020]
Ref. 9. City of Aarhus (2016) Urban development north of Aarhus. Projects. Information obtained: 2017-06-23. [Website not available in 2020]
Ref. 10. Stiftstidende (2017) Tækker Group tjener en milliard kroner til Nye på salg i Berlin. Wilhardt Boesen, C. 2017. Information obtained: 2017-06-23. Source: Source link [Accessed on 14 September 2020]
Ref. 11. Nye (n.d.) Miljø. Information obtained: 2017-06-23. Source: Source link [ Accessed 14 September 2020]
Ref. 12. Niras (2014) Indbyggerne i NYE skyller toilettet ud med regnvand. Information obtained: 2017-06-23. Source: Source link [Accessed 14 September 2020]
Ref. 13. City of Aarhus (2016) Project: Attractive housing with water in the centre. Information obtained: 2017-07-28. [Website unavailable in 2020]
Ref. 14. Nye (2020) FØLG UDVIKLINGEN. Source: Source link [Accessed on 14 September 2020]
Ref. 15. Nye (2020) SPØRGSMÅL OG SVAR. Source: Source link [Accessed on 14 September 2020]