Last updated: October 2021
The initiative was funded from the participatory budget of the city and resulted in planting new greenery (including 70 trees and a thousand shrubs) by the local city lake 'Balaton' in Bydgoszcz. The justification of the project in its proposal highlights the practical and aesthetic values of green areas [1].
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Grey infrastructure featuring greens
- Alley or street trees and other street vegetation
- Parks and urban forests
- Large urban parks or forests
- Blue infrastructure
- Lakes/ponds
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Habitat and biodiversity restoration
- 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
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Maintenance and management of urban nature
Project objectives
Increased aesthetics of the green recreational area around the lake [1];
Increased green space area and plant variety by planting several species of trees in the park around the lake, as well as shrubs and bushes [1];
Improve air quality [1];
Reduction of noise [1].
Implementation activities
1) The variety of low, medium and high greens around the 'Balaton' lake area;
2) Planting 70 trees in the park around the lake, which will have a height of over 2 meters;
3) Planting about a thousand shrubs;
4) The variety of 6 species of trees and 21 species of bushes;
5) Patches of greenery with a 'buffer' function to be planted around the playground and the dog paddle [1].
Biodiversity conservation or restoration-focused activities
Biodiversity restoration:
- Restore species (native, endangered, or unspecified)
- Restore native species
- Public engagement
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Citizens or community group
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
- Crowd-sourcing/Crowd-funding/Participatory budget
- Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
Citizens developed a proposal and applied for funds from the participatory budget of Bydgoszcz.
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(All projects submitted to the participatory city budget of Bydgoszcz have to be compatible with the urban spatial development plans.(2))
Financing
Total cost
€10,000 - €50,000
Source(s) of funding
- Public local authority budget
Type of funding
- Earmarked public budget
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- 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
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved access to urban green space
- Health and wellbeing
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
Yes
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
Yes
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1. City Council website - project description, 'Even more greenery at Balaton lake' ('Jeszcze więcej drzew i krzewów nad Balatonem'), Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
2. City Council website - rules of the participatory budget, 'Submit a proposal' ('Zgłoś projekt!'), Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
3. Unknown. (2017). Setki krzewów i 70 drzew nad Balatonem. Trwa ich sadzenie (Hundreds of shrubs and 70 trees by the "Balaton". They're being planted now). Gazeta Bydgoszcz. Available at: Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
2. City Council website - rules of the participatory budget, 'Submit a proposal' ('Zgłoś projekt!'), Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
3. Unknown. (2017). Setki krzewów i 70 drzew nad Balatonem. Trwa ich sadzenie (Hundreds of shrubs and 70 trees by the "Balaton". They're being planted now). Gazeta Bydgoszcz. Available at: Source link (Accessed: 23 September 2020).
So-called Balaton in Bydgoszcz
Source: https://www.bdgbo.pl/2017/03/jeszcze-wiecej-drzew-i-krzewow-nad.html