Last updated: October 2021
Opened in June 2006, the Jean-Baptiste Lebas Park, which occupies a space once used for illegal parking and marred by 11 lanes of traffic, is surrounded by the boulevard of the same name. This park plays an important role in creating an urban green space into a derelict grey area. The park helped to increase the biodiversity of the area. It has an area of 3-hectare (7-acre) and it contains a large lawn with flowerbeds, play areas for children and places for playing "boules" (Ref 1).
Jean-Baptiste Lebas Park
Maxime Dufour Photography, retrieved 09/04/2018 from Benedicte Douchet
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Parks and urban forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Habitat and biodiversity conservation
- Green space creation and/or management
- Regeneration, land-use and urban development
- Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Social cohesion
- Social interaction
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Enabling opportunities for physical activity
- Improving mental health
- Improving physical health
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
- Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
- Tourism support
- Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
- Protection of historic and cultural landscape/infrastructure
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Transformation of previously derelict areas
Project objectives
The goals were (a) to make an urban green space; (b) to renovate a derelict area to a park; (c) to contribute to increasing biodiversity; (d) to create habitats for some species; (e) to engage and encourage citizens in urban green; and (f) to bring back the quality of the 18th-century public space to the city of Lille (Ref 1,2,3)
Implementation activities
The authority installed a red perimeter fence four feet high that defines the space. It is an enclosure open, creative, modern and striking, a gate that integrates several elements – seat, and information panels hinged – and separates the hustle and bustle of a central location in the city of inner peace that brings this approach to urban nature. Inside the campus, they covered much of the three hectares of the park with lawn flower beds containing small informal design covered with wildflowers. In the remaining space, they installed roads, squares, playgrounds for children (Ref 2). The urban aspect of the park is emphasized by the addition of a 4-meter high park fence. In this fence, a variety of elements are integrated, such as seating elements, pivoting gates and information panels (Ref 3).
Biodiversity conservation or restoration-focused activities
Biodiversity conservation:
- Protect and enhance urban habitats
- Create new habitats
- Protect species
- Undertake specific measures to protect species
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
- Marginalized groups: Elderly people, People with functional diversities
- Young people and children
Governance
Management set-up
- Government-led
Type of initiating organisation
- Local government/municipality
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Citizen monitoring and review
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
Led by: Ville de Lille, Lille Metropole Communauté Urbaine (LMCU), partners: Lalou+Lebec architects, Roubaix, Designed by: West 8 (Ref 3)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(Lille parks and gardens regulations Plan (Ref 4))
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- Public local authority budget
Type of funding
- Earmarked public budget
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Climate change
- Lowered local temperature
- Enhanced carbon sequestration
- Environmental quality
- Improved air quality
- Green space and habitat
- Promotion of naturalistic styles of landscape design for urban development
- Increased green space area
- Reduced biodiversity loss
- Restoration of derelict areas
Economic impacts
- More sustainable tourism
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved social cohesion
- Improved access to urban green space
- Increased opportunities for social interaction
- Health and wellbeing
- Improved mental health
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Improvement in people’s connection to nature
- Protection of historic and cultural landscape / infrastructure
- Increased appreciation for natural spaces
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. Parc Jean Baptiste Lebas. Lille office de tourisme et des congress. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 13th August, 2020.
2. Parc Jean Baptiste Lebas. Laud8-landscape architecture+urban design. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 13th August, 2020.
3. Parc J.B. Lebas. West 8 Projects. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 13th August, 2020.
4. Le Parc Jean Baptiste Lebas. Ville de Lille. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 13th August, 2020.
5. The Jean-Baptiste Lebas park in Lille: the green space with red railings. The Ring. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 13th August, 2020.
2. Parc Jean Baptiste Lebas. Laud8-landscape architecture+urban design. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 13th August, 2020.
3. Parc J.B. Lebas. West 8 Projects. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 13th August, 2020.
4. Le Parc Jean Baptiste Lebas. Ville de Lille. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 13th August, 2020.
5. The Jean-Baptiste Lebas park in Lille: the green space with red railings. The Ring. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 13th August, 2020.