Last updated: October 2021
An urban park located in front of the central train station in Bucharest, built in 1937, and rehabilitated in 2008, as a response to an environmental awareness campaign. The park is a buffer green zone between the train station and the industrial neighborhood (1)
Parcul Gării de Nord
Source: http://wikimapia.org/59742/ro/Parcul-G%C4%83rii-de-Nord#/photo/2482653
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Grey infrastructure featuring greens
- Institutional green space
- Parks and urban forests
- Large urban parks or forests
Key challenges
- Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
- Climate change adaptation
- Climate change mitigation
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Environmental quality
- Air quality improvement
- Noise reduction
- Regeneration, land-use and urban development
- Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
Focus
Creation of new green areas
Project objectives
1. To ensure the rehabilitation of the park in order to reduce air pollution level and carbon sequestration (1);
2. To act as a buffer zone in a noisy area (2);
3. To allow access to a green area in an industrial quarter (3);
4. To counterbalance the aesthetics of the area since the park is the only green space in a grey zone (1);
5. To reduce summer temperatures (2).
Implementation activities
British American Tobacco summoned its own employees to provide manual labor. (2)
Climate-focused activities
Climate change adaptation:
- Increase or improve urban vegetation cover to help reduce outdoor temperature
- Create or improve outdoor spaces to help people escape from urban heat
Climate change mitigation:
- Improve carbon sequestration through selection of more adaptable species
Main beneficiaries
- Local government/Municipality
- Non-government organisation/Civil Society
- Private sector/Corporate/Company
- 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
- Private sector/corporate actor/company
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Unknown
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The municipality of Bucharest was the initiator of the intervention since it had a campaign called, Adopt a green space. As such British American Tobacco, as the executor of the innovation adopted the Central Station Park and use it to develop, among others, cohesion between its employees (3)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Yes
(The intervention mentions the 2004/35/CE, Council of Europe Directive in regards to Environmental Protection (7))
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
€100,000 - €500,000
Source(s) of funding
- Corporate investment
Type of funding
- Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Type of non-financial contribution
- Provision of land
- Provision of goods
- Provision of labour
- Provision of expertise
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
- Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
- Private sector (businesses, financial institution)
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Environmental quality
- Improved air quality
- Green space and habitat
- Increased green space area
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved social cohesion
Type of reported impacts
Expected impacts, Achieved 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. Responsabilitate Sociala (2009), "British American Tobacco a reamenajat parcul Garii de Nord" Available at Source link (Accessed 18-8-2020)
2. Green Report (2009), "O viata noua pentru Parcul Garii de Nord", Available at Source link (Accessed 18-8-2020)
3. Green Report (2009), "British American Tobacco Romania a finalizat proiectul “Aer de oras”", Available at Source link (Accessed 18-8-2020)
4. Green Report (2007), "Campania Adopta un spatiu verde, in Parcul Pajura" , Available at Source link (Accessed 18-8-2020)
5. Primaria Sectorului 1 Bucuresti (2007), "Primăria Sectorului 1 vă recomandă: “Adoptă un spaţiu verde” Available at Source link (Accessed 18-8-2020)
6. Primaria Municipiului Cluj-Napoca (2012), "Proiectul „Adopta un spatiu verde!”, Available at Source link (Accessed 18-8-2020)
7. Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage, (2004), Available at Source link (Accessed 18-8-2020)
2. Green Report (2009), "O viata noua pentru Parcul Garii de Nord", Available at Source link (Accessed 18-8-2020)
3. Green Report (2009), "British American Tobacco Romania a finalizat proiectul “Aer de oras”", Available at Source link (Accessed 18-8-2020)
4. Green Report (2007), "Campania Adopta un spatiu verde, in Parcul Pajura" , Available at Source link (Accessed 18-8-2020)
5. Primaria Sectorului 1 Bucuresti (2007), "Primăria Sectorului 1 vă recomandă: “Adoptă un spaţiu verde” Available at Source link (Accessed 18-8-2020)
6. Primaria Municipiului Cluj-Napoca (2012), "Proiectul „Adopta un spatiu verde!”, Available at Source link (Accessed 18-8-2020)
7. Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage, (2004), Available at Source link (Accessed 18-8-2020)