Győr, Hungary
City population: 130308
Duration: in planning stage – unknown
Implementation status: Planned, but cancelled
Scale: Sub-microscale: Street scale (including buildings)
Project area: unknown
Type of area: Public Greenspace Area
Last updated: October 2021

In 2014, the planning stage of a large parking lot with an innovative green roof was started and was planned to be built on the public green space in Kuopio Park. The parking lot was planned to accommodate up to 156 cars and the green roof was planned to be 4000 square meters large. (Reference 1) The goal of implementing the green roof was to not decrease the green area of the park. However, the plan was cancelled due to concerns about the high cost. (Reference 10) In 2020, a new plan for a parking lot was introduced, which would be less costly, but will involve no green roof or green elements.

Overview

Nature-based solution

  • Nature on buildings (external)
  • Green roofs
  • Grey infrastructure featuring greens
  • Green parking lots
  • Parks and urban forests
  • Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces

Key challenges

  • Regeneration, land-use and urban development
  • Regulation of built environment
  • Health and well-being (SDG 3)
  • Creation of opportunities for recreation
  • Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
  • Tourism support
  • Real estate development

Focus

Other

Project objectives

- Increasing the parking places in the inner city; - Maintaining or even increasing the green area of the park; - Keeping the existing green infrastructure and improving its quality; - Creating a pleasant green roof park for recreation; - Economic development: creating an attractive neighbourhood, increasing property value and tourism around the park; - Making the green park wheelchair accessible (Reference 1, 2).

Implementation activities

The project was cancelled in the planning phase, so nothing has been implemented. (Reference 10)

Main beneficiaries

  • Local government/Municipality
  • Citizens or community groups

Governance

Management set-up

  • Government-led

Type of initiating organisation

  • Local government/municipality

Participatory approaches/ community involvement

  • Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)

Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project

The municipality of Győr initiated the project while the plans were created by TSPC Hungaria Kft.

Project implemented in response to ...

... an EU policy or strategy? Unknown
... a national policy or strategy? Unknown
... a local policy or strategy? Yes (The necessity of solving parking problems and the green redevelopment of Kuopio park appears in the city's strategy for urban development of 2008 (Reference 3).)

Financing

Total cost

€2,000,000 - €4,000,000

Source(s) of funding

  • Public local authority budget
  • Other

Type of funding

  • Earmarked public budget
  • Other

Non-financial contribution

Unknown

Impacts and Monitoring

Environmental impacts

  • Unknown

Economic impacts

  • Unknown

Socio-cultural impacts

Type of reported impacts

No impacts reported

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. Source link. (2017). Adyváros parkolólemez. [online] Available at: Source link 25 Jul. 2020].
2. Borkai, Zs. (2016). 00904/2016. (X. 19.) Kgy. előterjesztés: Tájékoztató az önkormányzati beruházások jelenlegi helyzetéről. [online] Available at: hSource link 25 Jul. 2020].
2. HHP Contact Tanácsadó Kft. (2008) Győr Megyei Jogú Város Középtávú Integrált Városfejlesztési Stratégiája. Győr: Győr MJV Közgyűlése.
4. Source link. (2014). Megújult a győri Kuopio park - fotók. [online] Available at: Source link 25 Jul. 2020].
5. Győr Megyei Jogú Város. (2012). Győr Megyei Jogú Város Települési Környezetvédelmi Programjának felülvizsgálata, aktualizálása. Győr: Győr Megyei Jogú Város.
6. Source link. (2016). Parkolólemez Adyvárosban: tervezés alatt. [online] [Link unavailable in 2020]
7. Szeghalmi, B. (2015). 1,2 milliárdos adyvárosi parkolólemezek: tízből kilencen még fizetnének is itt a parkolásért - látványtervek, videó. Kisalföld. [online] Available at: Source link 25 Jul. 2020].
8. Source link. (2017). Adyváros parkolólemez. [image] Available at: Source link 25 Jul. 2020].
9. Szeghalmi, B. (2017). Ilyen sem volt még! Zöldkörforgalom épül Győr-Szigetben - fotók, látványterv. Kisalföld. [online] Available at: Source link. [Accessed: 25 Jul. 2020]
10. Source link. (2020) Mutatjuk a Kuopio parki parkolólemez új látványterveit – galéria. [online]. Available at: Source link [Accessed: 25 Jul. 2020]