Győr, Hungary
City population: 130308
Duration: 2014 – ongoing
Implementation status: Ongoing
Scale: Meso-scale: Regional, metropolitan and urban level
Project area: unknown
Type of area: Residential, Public Greenspace Area, Central Business District / City Centre, Other
Last updated: October 2021

In 2014, the municipality of Győr initiated a large-scale tree-planting programme which has planted approximately 1000 trees each year since it was started (Reference 6). As part of the programme, old trees that have become dangerous, withered or have outgrown their base are cut down, but much more are planted each year than the ones that are removed. (Reference 1). In the course of the program, mostly manna ash, European dwarf cherry, Norway maple, European hornbeam, large-leaved linden, London plane, and chestnut trees are planted, taking into account the local conditions. About 200 shrubs and thousands of flowers are planted each year. Flower seedlings have also been donated to citizens, with the goal of involving citizens in green space creation (Reference 6). An addition to the programme started on 1 July 2020 (Reference 6) and since then, after every child born in Győr, the parents can claim a tree that they can plant on their own or with the company Győr-Szol Zrt.

Overview

Nature-based solution

  • Grey infrastructure featuring greens
  • Alley or street trees and other street vegetation
  • Green parking lots

Key challenges

  • Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
  • Green space creation and/or management

Focus

Maintenance and management of urban nature, Strategy, plan or policy development, Other

Project objectives

The goals of the intervention include: - replacing the trees being cut out because they were dried out, became dangerous, or grew out their place (law-regulated obligation) (Reference 2); - increasing the number of trees in the city (Reference 4); - making the city more aesthetically pleasing (Reference 6); - involving citizens in the planting of trees and flowers (Reference 6);

Implementation activities

- Each year, approximately 1000 trees were planted; - in 2015: 44 trees were planted in public areas due to the tree replacements, 565 were planted at the initiative of the population and municipal representatives, and 168 were planted in the second phase of the floodplain replacement, supplemented by the planting of more than 200 shrubs. (Reference 1) - in 2016: 1044 trees and 62 bushes were planted, out of which only one third is the replacement (Reference 5) - in 2018: 1125 trees, 308 shrubs and 365 perennials were planted. - in 2019: more than 1,100 trees and 120 shrubs were planted - Planting many thousands of flowers each year. Public spaces were decorated with more than a hundred thousand flower seedlings. During 2019, and we donated nearly ten thousand seedlings to the population. - Automatic irrigation systems were installed by the city. (Reference 6)

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

  • Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)

Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project

The program is led by the municipality and implemented by the municipal organization being responsible for the maintenance of public spaces in Győr (Győr-Szol) (Reference 1).

Project implemented in response to ...

... an EU policy or strategy? Unknown
... a national policy or strategy? Yes (The replacement of trees is in accordance with the governmental edict of 2008 about the protection of woody plants (346/2008. (XII. 30.)).)
... a local policy or strategy? Yes (The tree planting program was initiated by the municipality in 2014 (Reference 1).)

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
  • Increased green space area

Economic impacts

  • Unknown

Socio-cultural impacts

  • Social justice and cohesion
  • Fair distribution of social, environmental and economic benefits of the NBS project
  • Improved liveability
  • Other

Type of reported 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. Source link (2015). Közel ezer fával folytatódik a faültetési program. [online] Available at: Source link 22 Jun. 2020]
2. Source link. (2017). Faültetés Győrben. [online] Available at: Source link 22 Jun. 2020]
3. Szeghalmi, B. (2016). 149 fát ültetnek 19 kivágott helyett Győr-Révfaluban - fotók. Kisalföld. [online] Available at: Source link 22 Jun. 2020]
4. Source link. (2017). Faültetés Adyvárosban. [online] Available at: Source link 22 Jun. 2020]
5. Source link. (2016). Faültetési program: további ezer fát ültetnek Győrben. [online] Available at: Source link 22 Jun. 2020].
6. Source link (2019) A jövőben minden győri gyermek kaphat egy fát. [online] Available at: Source link [Accessed: 18 Jul. 2020]
7. Source link (2020). Július elsejétől igényelhető a facsemete a Győrben született gyermekek után. [online] Available at: Source link [Accessed: 17 Jul. 2020]
8. Győr Megyei Jogú Város. (2018). Fatelepítési program: rátettek még egy lapáttal!. [online] Available at: Source link [Accessed: 18 Jul. 2020]