Last updated: October 2021
Named after the first mayor of Lisboa after the 25 April Revolution, the Aquilino Ribeiro Machado garden and the horticultural park provides an area of 25000 squared meters of green space, connecting Alvalade to the Alta de Lisboa. Divided into various zones interconnected by walkable trails and paths, the park offers fields where locals dedicate themselves to farming and gardening, several fitness types of equipment, a children playground, tables and benches and a different kind of viewpoint for a different sight of the city, watching the planes of the Humberto Delgado airport landing or taking off. There are bicycle roads along the park as well. (7)
https://www.trfihi-parks.com/en/park-details/14870-Jardim-e-Parque-Hort%C3%ADcola-Aquilino-Ribeiro-Machado
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Parks and urban forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
- Green corridors and green belts
- Community gardens and allotments
- Allotments
- Community gardens
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16)
- Inclusive governance
- Effective management
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Enabling opportunities for physical activity
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
- Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
- Economic development: agriculture
- Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
- Sustainable consumption
- Sustainable production
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Knowledge creation and awareness raising
Project objectives
1) To create green space available to all citizens, to practice fitness and enjoy nature.
2) To allow to establish the connection between the Central Green Corridor and the Green Corridor of Alta Lumiar (ref.2)
3) Create the nurseries of the parish council, which will make the sowing and propagation of shrubs that will allow filling the need for replanting and replanting in the green spaces of the parish.(ref.2)
4) Development of on-site environmental education activities.(ref.2)
Implementation activities
Creation of the park and allotment gardens. Six of the plots were destined to be nurseries of the municipality of Alvalade, that will there be the sowing and propagation of bushes to fill the need of replanting and greening in the green spaces of the municipality (ref.1)
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
- Food producers and cultivators (i.e. farmers, gardeners)
- Young people and children
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Local government/municipality
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Unknown
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The NBS is the result of a triple public partnership that joins Câmara Municipal, Junta de Freguesia and National Civil Engineering Laboratory (LNEC). In this case, the union is between the Alta de Lisboa and the zone of Alvalade and the councilman summons the work that has been carried out in this area. (ref.1)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(Lisboa New Master Plan, to build a green structure based on the idea of generation systems and multifunctional uses. (1)
This park was the result of a local strategy of implementing different horticultural parks across the city (1).)
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- Public local authority budget
Type of funding
- Unknown
Non-financial contribution
Type of non-financial contribution
- Provision of land
- Provision of labour
- Provision of expertise
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
- Public authorities (e.g. land, utility services)
- Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Green space and habitat
- Increased green space area
Economic impacts
- Attraction of business and investment
Socio-cultural impacts
- Unknown
Type of reported impacts
Expected 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) Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (2017), Abriu em Alvalade o jardim e parque hortícola Aquilino Ribeiro Machado, Available at Source link (Accessed 21-6-2020)
(2) Diario Mobiliario (2017),(Website not available in 2020)
(3) Camara Municipal de Lisboa (Website not available in 2020)
(4) COST EU (no date), Urban Allotment Gardens, Case Studies Portugal, Available at Source link Accessed 21-6-2020)
(5) Mata, D. (2014) Lisbon´s Green Plan Actions: Towards a Green City. Abstract of the presentation on ‘Cost Action 1201 ‘Urban Allotment Gardens in European Cities - Future, Challenges and Lessons Learned’ at LNEC – 20th March 2014. Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal. Available at: Source link 21-6-2020)
(6) Câmara Municipal de Lisboa: Municipal Horticulture Parks (Website not available in 2020)
(7) Itinari (2018), Jardim e Parque Hortícola Aquilino Ribeiro Machado, Available at Source link, (Accessed 26-7-2020)
(2) Diario Mobiliario (2017),(Website not available in 2020)
(3) Camara Municipal de Lisboa (Website not available in 2020)
(4) COST EU (no date), Urban Allotment Gardens, Case Studies Portugal, Available at Source link Accessed 21-6-2020)
(5) Mata, D. (2014) Lisbon´s Green Plan Actions: Towards a Green City. Abstract of the presentation on ‘Cost Action 1201 ‘Urban Allotment Gardens in European Cities - Future, Challenges and Lessons Learned’ at LNEC – 20th March 2014. Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal. Available at: Source link 21-6-2020)
(6) Câmara Municipal de Lisboa: Municipal Horticulture Parks (Website not available in 2020)
(7) Itinari (2018), Jardim e Parque Hortícola Aquilino Ribeiro Machado, Available at Source link, (Accessed 26-7-2020)