Last updated: November 2021
The Sea's Corridor is a project that created green spaces with good quality that act as green belts of the city while serving as a support for the sustainable and not motorized means of transport. It was part of a project Plan called "Plan E" of the Municipality of Palma (Ref 1). The project was completed and in 2020 there are plans to do some renovations. They want to join the Sea's Corridor to Platja de Palma, as well as create new green spaces with a wider link with the ocean (Ref 5).
Planned intervention Area for the Sea's Corridor (Ref 3)
Source: Ref. 3
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Parks and urban forests
- Large urban parks or forests
- Green corridors and green belts
- Blue infrastructure
- Coastlines
Key challenges
- Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
- Climate change adaptation
- Climate change mitigation
- Water management (SDG 6)
- Flood protection
- Improvements to water quality
- Coastal resilience and marine protection (SDG 14)
- Coastal protection / hazard mitigation
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Environmental quality
- Soil quality improvement
- Air quality improvement
- Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
- Employment/job creation
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Coastal landscape management or protection, Strategy, plan or policy development
Project objectives
The initial plan had the following goals:
- Creation or maintenance of jobs. (ref 2)
- Transform a degraded part of the city into a green lung. (ref 2)
- Catalyze the growth and consolidation of a new model of sustainable city (Ref 1).
- Recover the coast side of the city for the citizens. (ref 1)
- Create a new maritime front for a new model of the city. (ref 3)
The goals of the new reform (2020) of the corridor include (ref 5):
- Build a self-sufficient city.
- Build a resilient city to climate change.
- Regeneration of the territorial ecosystem with the green corridors.
- Renaturalization of Palma with the extension of the green park's network.
- Close the water cycle, improving the sanitation systems and elimination of the sea waste.
Implementation activities
For the promotion of sustainable mobility: bike lanes and bicycle parking, which will allow them to travel along the whole seafront and can unite the Palace of Congress with the historical center of the city, will be built. (Ref 1)
For the promotion of urban sustainability, a green public space (ref 1), with new infrastructure (ref 3).
Climate-focused activities
Climate change adaptation:
- Increase or improve urban vegetation cover to help reduce outdoor temperature
- Protect coastal and freshwater ecosystems to prevent coastal erosion and pollution
Climate change mitigation:
- Increase green urban nature for carbon storage (wetlands, tree cover)
- Invest in public transport/bicycle infrastructure as a means to prevent car use
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
- Dissemination of information and education
- Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The intervention was proposed and led by the local government of Palma under its General Plan, it is financed and includes the goals of Plan E and economic and employment growth strategy. (ref 1 and 3)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Yes
(The Local Plan E is part of the larger national State Fund for Local Investment (FEIL) and National Plan E, a plan and investment structure for the stimulation fo the economy and employment. The fund distributed resources across the different municipalities in Spain for specific projects. (ref 4)
)
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(The “General Plan” of the city was modified to in 2009 to include the plan for the extension of urban park area through the Parc de la Mar. (ref 5)
The intervention was introduced as part of the local “Plan E”- a plan outlining the refurbishment of the Marine Façade and the Green Corridor. (ref 3)
)
Financing
Total cost
Less than €10,000
Source(s) of funding
- Public national budget
- Public local authority budget
Type of funding
- Earmarked public budget
- Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Climate change
- Lowered local temperature
- Strengthened capacity to address climate hazards/natural disasters
- Environmental quality
- Improved air quality
- Green space and habitat
- Increased green space area
- Increased ecological connectivity across regeneration sites and scales
Economic impacts
- Increase of green jobs (e.g. paid employment positions)
- Other
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved access to urban green space
- Health and wellbeing
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Promotion of cultural diversity
- Increased appreciation for natural spaces
- Education
- Increased support for education and scientific research
- Other
Type of reported impacts
Expected 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. PSOE. (n.d.) L’Ajuntament de Palma presenta al nou Plan E els parcs del corredor de la mar i el corredor de ses vies. Available at: Source link (Accessed 29 July 2020)
2. Capo, Josep. (2009). Cort iniciará las obras del Parc de les Vies y del Corredor de la Mar con el nuevo Plan E. Palma de Mallorca: Diario de Mallorca. Available at: Source link (Accessed 29 July 2020)
3. Ayuntamiento de Palma. (n.d.). El Corredor de la mar: La Nova Facana Maritima. Palma de Mallorca: Ajuntament de Palma. Available at : Source link (Accessed 29 July 2020)
4. Ministerio de Política Territorial y Administración Públic. (n.d.). Regulación y Funcionamiento del FEIL. Impacto Territorial de los Fondos de Inversión Local. Available at: Source link (Accessed 29 July 2020)
5. Cronica balear. (2020). El nuevo Plan General prevé aumentar las zonas verdes de Palma en un 61,83%. Palma de Mallorca: Cronica Balear. Source link
2. Capo, Josep. (2009). Cort iniciará las obras del Parc de les Vies y del Corredor de la Mar con el nuevo Plan E. Palma de Mallorca: Diario de Mallorca. Available at: Source link (Accessed 29 July 2020)
3. Ayuntamiento de Palma. (n.d.). El Corredor de la mar: La Nova Facana Maritima. Palma de Mallorca: Ajuntament de Palma. Available at : Source link (Accessed 29 July 2020)
4. Ministerio de Política Territorial y Administración Públic. (n.d.). Regulación y Funcionamiento del FEIL. Impacto Territorial de los Fondos de Inversión Local. Available at: Source link (Accessed 29 July 2020)
5. Cronica balear. (2020). El nuevo Plan General prevé aumentar las zonas verdes de Palma en un 61,83%. Palma de Mallorca: Cronica Balear. Source link