Last updated: October 2021
The project takes the form of a proposal for greenways of transport in the city to integrate transport infrastructure into the environment and insular landscape. The Park Vias would include communication channels that integrate into the natural environment, taking advantage of the environmental aspects to enhance the attractiveness of the greenways (ref 1). There are three greenways that were proposed, one which was made on an unfinished previous train railway (ref 1) from Manacor to Artà (Ref 6). This greenway was constructed with several social inclusion elements, there is no information about the other four (Ref 1).
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Grey infrastructure featuring greens
- Alley or street trees and other street vegetation
- Railroad bank and track greens
- Parks and urban forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
- Green corridors and green belts
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Regeneration, land-use and urban development
- Conversion of former industrial areas
- Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Transformation of previously derelict areas
Project objectives
There are two roads where the concept of greenway park will be developed, using the existent highways and maintaining the setting of the two lanes but giving the greenway the elements that improve its environmental quality (Ref 1).
-Respond to the absence of elements characteristic of the predominantly tourist routes.
-Need to protect large areas of the island for the environmental quality of the island.
-Planing flexibility for how to design each of the “Park Ways".
-Fit into the strategies of the Territorial Plan by achieving a balanced growth of the island compatible with the preservation of the natural environment and the management of limited natural resources.
-Dimensioning, design and location of infrastructures as support elements to the structuring of the territory of the island. (ref 1)
Implementation activities
The intervention must begin with a phase of plan of the network, with a goal to have the start of the project before 2008. (ref 1)
Integrate transportation infrastructure in the midst of the landscape by constructing two greenway parks and one green highway (they can take the shape of roads, paths, cycle routes).
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
Governance
Management set-up
- Government-led
Type of initiating organisation
- National government
- Regional government
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Unknown
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The local government proposed the plan in the context of the Regional Plan. (ref 1)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(The intervention prototype is proposed in the Mallorca Territorial Plan, a regional plan for development. (ref 1)
)
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- EU funds
- Public regional budget
- Corporate investment
Type of funding
- Earmarked public budget
- Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Green space and habitat
- Increased conservation or restoration of ecosystems
- Increase in protected green space areas
- Reduced biodiversity loss
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved access to urban green space
- Increased opportunities for social interaction
- Health and wellbeing
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
- Education
- Increased knowledge of locals about local nature
Type of reported impacts
Expected impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
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
References
1. Consell de Mallorca. (n.d.) “Vias Parque” in Plan territorial de Mallorca. Palma de Mallorca: Consell de Mallorca. Pg. 125-128. Available at: Source link (Accessed 28 July 2020)
2. Arta Mallorca. (n.d.) Via Verde Manacor-Arta. Palma de Mallorca: Artà. Available at: Source link (Accessed 28 July 2020)
3. Vias Verdes Espana. (2017). Vias Verdes. Madrid: Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles. Available at: Source link (Accessed 28 July 2020)
4. European Greenways Association. (2017). Green Ways. Madrid: Association européenne des Voies vertes AISBL. Available at: Source link (Accessed 28 July 2020)
5. Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (2020). V.V. Manacor-Artá. Palma de Mallorca: Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
6. Sánchez, E. (2020). 5 Vías verdes para disfrutar a pie, en bicicleta, patines y a caballo. Palma de Mallorca: Consumer. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
2. Arta Mallorca. (n.d.) Via Verde Manacor-Arta. Palma de Mallorca: Artà. Available at: Source link (Accessed 28 July 2020)
3. Vias Verdes Espana. (2017). Vias Verdes. Madrid: Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles. Available at: Source link (Accessed 28 July 2020)
4. European Greenways Association. (2017). Green Ways. Madrid: Association européenne des Voies vertes AISBL. Available at: Source link (Accessed 28 July 2020)
5. Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (2020). V.V. Manacor-Artá. Palma de Mallorca: Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
6. Sánchez, E. (2020). 5 Vías verdes para disfrutar a pie, en bicicleta, patines y a caballo. Palma de Mallorca: Consumer. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)