Last updated: October 2021
This local initiative has revitalized the most neglected places in the district and transformed them into green areas for leisure and recreation. The project resulted in the planting of new greenery (grasses, bushes, and flowers) and better maintenance of the existing plants, as well as installation of leisure and sports equipment (including benches and open-air gym) [1,2].
Redłowo recreational square in Gdynia
Source: https://bo.gdynia.pl/harmonogram_realizacji_2016.html?mod=projarch&dzielnicaWysz=17&Wyszsubmit=Szukaj
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Parks and urban forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- 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
- Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16)
- Inclusive governance
- Effective management
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Social interaction
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Transformation of previously derelict areas, Strategy, plan or policy development
Project objectives
1) To revitalize the neglected areas in the district of Redłowo;
2) To increase access to the green leisure and recreational sites for the residents [1,2].
Implementation activities
Creating 4-6 decorative plant pots with bushes/ flowers, setting up 2 sets of tables with seats (concrete with checkerboard), construction of an outdoor gym of about 100m2 with the installation of 4-5 exercise equipment, land alignment (land fill) 150 tons, construction of gravel path approx. 150 m2, setting up 500 m2 lawn, installing 2 litter bins, laying polyurethane surface on the new foundation 100 m2, creating 5 flowerbeds, installing one garden arch [1].
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
The local community developed a project proposal and applied for funds from the participatory budget of Gdynia. The municipality is responsible for the project's implementation.
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
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
- Restoration of derelict areas
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved access to urban green space
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
Yes
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1. Project's application website, Gdynia's participatory budget 2016, 'Recreational squares in Redlowo' ('Place rekreacyjno-wypoczynkowe w Redłowie'), Source link (Accessed: 24 September 2020).
2. Monitoring of program's implementation, Gdynia's participatory budget 2016, 'Recreational squares in Redlowo' ('Place rekreacyjno-wypoczynkowe w Redłowie'), Source link (Accessed: 24 September 2020).
2. Monitoring of program's implementation, Gdynia's participatory budget 2016, 'Recreational squares in Redlowo' ('Place rekreacyjno-wypoczynkowe w Redłowie'), Source link (Accessed: 24 September 2020).