Last updated: October 2021
Iasi is a city with a relatively high number of parks and this NBS is part of an initiative of the municipality of Iasi to restore green area affected by the passage of time. The green space in the Orăşel Park was inhomogeneous as vegetation with unpopulated areas of trees (the centre of the park) in contrast to agglomerated vegetation areas. The growth of woody vegetation had in some respects changed the appearance of the landscape ensemble, creating agglomerations of shrubs and trees. As such the municipality took the decision to rehabilitate the area (1)
Intervention procedures
http://www.spiasi.ro/module/portofoliul/2016/08/04/descriere.php
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
- Environmental quality
- Air quality improvement
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Social cohesion
- Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
- Real estate development
Focus
Creation of new green areas
Project objectives
1. Increase in air quality;
2. Increase in the respectability of the neighbourhood;
3. Leisure benefits;
4. Community engagement fostering a strong sense of belonging;
5. Rehabilitation of the area helps to maintain a cleaner area, more accessible for children, less encouraging to criminal activities;
6. Increases preoccupation with health for the residents;
7. The property value increases (1, 2, 3).
Implementation activities
The whole area has turned into a lawn, disappearing old bosquets for two decades and everything that means dry trees. Their place was taken by an open space dominated by vegetation and flowers. It is also very important that sprinklers have been installed so that there is no need for daily watering with hoses and tanks `(4)
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
- Unknown
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
This NBS has been initiated by the municipality of Iasi, with no other support from local, national or international institutions. The municipality appointed in 2010, one of its subsidiaries, Servicii Publice Iasi, to rehabilitate a number of areas which were either gradually transformed in "public toilets" (like the Orasel park), or had high level of criminality due to its very diverse ethnic background. As such SPI implemented this NBS with the approval of the municipality (1)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
(According to email correspondence (see attached) this NBS was not in response to a EU directive )
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(This NBS is part of a local regulation plan called "Iasul nostru curat" - Our clean Iasi, implemented every year on different areas by the municipality (4) )
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- Public local authority budget
Type of funding
- Earmarked public budget
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?
- Public authorities (e.g. land, utility services)
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Green space and habitat
- Increased green space area
- Increased conservation or restoration of ecosystems
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Unknown
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. Servicii Publice Iasi, Descriere proiect - Parc Orășel - amenajare, (2016), Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
2. Ziarul de Iasi (2016), Recunoașteți parcul de la Sala Polivalentă? Așa arată acum, Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
3. Ziarul de Iasi (2016), Se amenajează „Parcuri Orăşel“ în mai multe locuri din municipiul Iaşi, Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
4. Primaria Iasi (2016), IAŞUL NOSTRU CURAT: PRIMĂRIA A ÎNCEPUT CAMPANIA DE CURĂŢENIE DE PRIMĂVARĂ, Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
2. Ziarul de Iasi (2016), Recunoașteți parcul de la Sala Polivalentă? Așa arată acum, Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
3. Ziarul de Iasi (2016), Se amenajează „Parcuri Orăşel“ în mai multe locuri din municipiul Iaşi, Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
4. Primaria Iasi (2016), IAŞUL NOSTRU CURAT: PRIMĂRIA A ÎNCEPUT CAMPANIA DE CURĂŢENIE DE PRIMĂVARĂ, Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
View of the park- end of the intervention
http://www.spiasi.ro/module/portofoliul/2016/08/04/descriere.php