Last updated: October 2021
The park has been upgraded to include newly planted trees and shrubs, a meadow, children playgrounds, sitting areas for adult visitors, a wooden footbridge, and a water retention pond which collects rainwater from the roofs of nearby houses. The aim of the project was to establish and restore near-natural vegetation in the urbanized area, enhance biodiversity at the site, handle rainwater in a smart way, and provide a place for recreation (Ref. 2; Ref. 3; Ref 4). Additional restorations have included the creation of barbecue areas for gathering and cooking, and events are hosted at the space as well (Ref 8). Through voting, wider park expansions have also been approved (Ref 9).
Pod Plachtami Park in Brno
Source: https://www.adapterraawards.cz/Databaze/2019/Park-pod-Plachtami
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Grey infrastructure featuring greens
- Green playgrounds and school grounds
- Institutional green space
- Parks and urban forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
- Other
- Blue infrastructure
- Lakes/ponds
- Other
- Green areas for water management
- Rain gardens
Key challenges
- Water management (SDG 6)
- Stormwater and rainfall management and storage
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Habitat and biodiversity restoration
- Habitat and biodiversity conservation
- Green space creation and/or management
- Regeneration, land-use and urban development
- Regulation of built environment
- Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Environmental education
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Enabling opportunities for physical activity
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Creation of semi-natural blue areas, Maintenance and management of urban nature, Knowledge creation and awareness raising
Project objectives
The aim of the project was to establish and restore near-natural vegetation in the urbanized area, enhance biodiversity at the site, handle rainwater in a smart way, and provide a place for recreation (Ref. 2; Ref. 3; Ref 4). The park was developed with the overall goal of creating green space and recreational space in an increasingly densely populated area (Ref. 10). Through interactive QR codes, it is intended that the local community can learn something about the energy cycle in nature, life in the lake and the principle of its supply of rainwater from the roofs of surrounding houses (Ref. 10). It is also expected that there will be water retained by the pond, which reduces pressure on sewer and wastewater systems (Ref. 11).
Implementation activities
The park has been upgraded to include newly planted trees and shrubs, a meadow, children playgrounds, sitting areas for adult visitors, a wooden footbridge, and a water retention pond that collects rainwater from the roofs of nearby houses. (Ref. 2; Ref. 3; Ref. 4). There are also educational elements (a QR code) that were installed to inform the public (Ref 11). Public voting for further improvements were made in June of 2020, and the approved plan envisages the placement of crawling fun structures in the prepared sloping terrain below Svážná Street, as well as a set of elements for exercises intended for older children and adults. Dozens of new trees, shrubs and plants will be planted in the place of the sports ground to separate the area from the road leading to Kohoutovice. (Ref. 9).
Biodiversity conservation or restoration-focused activities
Biodiversity conservation:
- Protect and enhance urban habitats
- Preserve and strengthen existing habitats and ecosystems
- Create new habitats
- Reduce negative impacts and avoid the alteration/damage of ecosystem
- Means for conservation governance
- Raise public awareness
- Public engagement
- Create and use scientific knowledge for conservation
Biodiversity restoration:
- Restore species (native, endangered, or unspecified)
- Restore native species
- Public engagement
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
- Young people and children
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Local government/municipality
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
- Citizen monitoring and review
- Other
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The project was implemented by the construction company Cooptel (Ref. 1; Ref. 5) under the initiative of the City of Brno (Ref. 4) as well as Brno-Novy Liskovec district and the State Environment Fund (Ref. 11).
Part of the costs for the project were covered by subsidies from the Operational Programme for the Environment (Ref. 1). This was a programme running from 2007 to 2013 that aimed at improving the environment in the Czech Republic. It was funded by the Cohesion Fund and the European Regional Development Fund (Ref. 6). The Cohesion Fund is a EU fund for Member States whose Gross National Income (GNI) per inhabitant is less than 90 % of the EU average (Ref. 7).
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Yes
(It was partially funded by the Cohesion Fund and the European Regional Development Fund and thus the project is in line with the EU Cohesion Policy objectives (Ref. 6). )
... a national policy or strategy?
Yes
(Part of the costs were covered by subsidies from the Operational Programme for the Environment funded by the Cohesion Fund and the European Regional Development Fund (Ref. 6). (Ref. 1). This was a programme running from 2007 to 2013 that aimed at improving the environment in the Czech Republic.)
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
€100,000 - €500,000
Source(s) of funding
- EU funds
- Public local authority budget
- Unknown
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
- Climate change
- Lowered local temperature
- Strengthened capacity to address climate hazards/natural disasters
- Environmental quality
- Improved air 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
- Reduced biodiversity loss
- Increased number of species present
- Increased protection of threatened species
- Improved prevention or control of invasive alien species
- Enhanced support of pollination
- Increased ecological connectivity across regeneration sites and scales
- Other
Economic impacts
- Unknown
- Other
Socio-cultural impacts
- 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
- Improved physical health
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Improvement in people’s connection to nature
- Increased appreciation for natural spaces
- Education
- Increased support for education and scientific research
- Increased knowledge of locals about local nature
- Other
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
No
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
Ref. 1. UrbanAdapt (2015). Adaptace na zmenu klimatu ve mestech. Pomocí pøírode blízkých opatrení. [pdf] [Available at: Source link. [Accessed July 26 2020].
Ref. 2. Inspirace (2014). V NOVÉM LÍSKOVCI VZNIKL VELKORYSÝ PARK S RETENČNÍ NÁDRŽÍ. [pdf] [No longer accessible online in 2020].
Ref. 3. Liskacek (2009). Park „Pod Plachtami“ v Brně-Novém Lískovci. [pdf] [No longer available in 2020].
Ref. 4. Statutární město Brno (No Date). Operační program Životní prostředí. [online] [Available at: Source link [Accessed on July 26, 2020].
Ref. 5. Cooptel (No Date). Vítáme Vás v prostředí internetových stránek společnosti Cooptel, stavební a.s. [No longer available in 2020].
Ref. 6. Operační program Životní prostředí (No Date). Stručně o OPŽP. [online] [Available at: Source link. [Accessed on July 26, 2020].
Ref. 7. European Commission (2015). Cohesion Fund. [online] [Available at: Source link. [Accessed July 26, 2020].
Ref. 8. Denik (2019). Fun, but also disturbing the peace and clutter. Barbecue in Brno? New in nine places. [online]. [Available at: Source link. [Accessed on July 26 2020].
Ref. 9. Centrum News (2020). Instead of a neglected slope, a space for relaxation. The area in Nový Lískovec is waiting for changes. [online]. [Available at: Source link. [Accessed on July 26, 2020].
Ref. 10. Park Desetleti (No Date). Park Pod Plachtami in Nový Lískovec in Brno. [No longer available in 2020].
Ref. 11. Envic. (No Date). Park Pod Plachtami – Brno, Novy Lisekovec. [online]. [Available at: Source link. [Accessed on July 26, 2020].
Ref. 12. Adapterra Awards. (No Date). Pod Plachtami Park in Brno. [online]. [Available at: Source link. [Accessed on: July 26, 2020].
Ref. 2. Inspirace (2014). V NOVÉM LÍSKOVCI VZNIKL VELKORYSÝ PARK S RETENČNÍ NÁDRŽÍ. [pdf] [No longer accessible online in 2020].
Ref. 3. Liskacek (2009). Park „Pod Plachtami“ v Brně-Novém Lískovci. [pdf] [No longer available in 2020].
Ref. 4. Statutární město Brno (No Date). Operační program Životní prostředí. [online] [Available at: Source link [Accessed on July 26, 2020].
Ref. 5. Cooptel (No Date). Vítáme Vás v prostředí internetových stránek společnosti Cooptel, stavební a.s. [No longer available in 2020].
Ref. 6. Operační program Životní prostředí (No Date). Stručně o OPŽP. [online] [Available at: Source link. [Accessed on July 26, 2020].
Ref. 7. European Commission (2015). Cohesion Fund. [online] [Available at: Source link. [Accessed July 26, 2020].
Ref. 8. Denik (2019). Fun, but also disturbing the peace and clutter. Barbecue in Brno? New in nine places. [online]. [Available at: Source link. [Accessed on July 26 2020].
Ref. 9. Centrum News (2020). Instead of a neglected slope, a space for relaxation. The area in Nový Lískovec is waiting for changes. [online]. [Available at: Source link. [Accessed on July 26, 2020].
Ref. 10. Park Desetleti (No Date). Park Pod Plachtami in Nový Lískovec in Brno. [No longer available in 2020].
Ref. 11. Envic. (No Date). Park Pod Plachtami – Brno, Novy Lisekovec. [online]. [Available at: Source link. [Accessed on July 26, 2020].
Ref. 12. Adapterra Awards. (No Date). Pod Plachtami Park in Brno. [online]. [Available at: Source link. [Accessed on: July 26, 2020].
Pod Plachtami Park in Brno
Source: https://www.adapterraawards.cz/Databaze/2019/Park-pod-Plachtami
Pod Plachtami Park in Brno
Source: https://www.adapterraawards.cz/Databaze/2019/Park-pod-Plachtami
Pod Plachtami Park in Brno
Source: https://www.adapterraawards.cz/Databaze/2019/Park-pod-Plachtami