Last updated: October 2021
"Located near several schools, the renovation of this 1,900 m² area, shrubby massifs, grassed areas and varied plants, comes directly from the initiative of local residents" (Ref.1). "During the renovation, the municipal departments ensured the enhancement of biodiversity and ecological management by favoring species that require little watering and phytosanitary treatment" (Ref. 2, page 12).
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Overview
Nature-based solution
- Grey infrastructure featuring greens
- Green playgrounds and school grounds
- Parks and urban forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Habitat and biodiversity restoration
- Green space creation and/or management
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Social interaction
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Enabling opportunities for physical activity
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
Focus
Creation of new green areas
Project objectives
-"To offer the residents a brighter and more secure square."
-"Make this space more attractive" (Ref. 1)
Implementation activities
-"The municipal departments have taken care to promote biodiversity and ecological management by privileging species that require little watering and phytosanitary treatment. A wider range of perennial and local species, as well as free hedgerows with important fruiting characteristics, have been systematically introduced." (Ref. 2)
-"Lowering fences, moving entrances, setting up a new playground and landscaping (spacing of trees for more luminosity, creation of plant spaces ...)" (Ref. 1)
Biodiversity conservation or restoration-focused activities
Biodiversity conservation:
- Protect species
- Undertake specific measures to protect native species
- Undertake specific measures to protect valued species
Biodiversity restoration:
- Restore species (native, endangered, or unspecified)
- Restore native species
- Restore valued species
- Clear and control invasive alien species
- Public engagement
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
- Young people and children
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Local government/municipality
- Citizens or community group
- Other
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
- Dissemination of information and education
- Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
- Co-management/Joint management
- Citizen oversight (e.g. boards, advisory)
- Citizen monitoring and review
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
"comes directly from the initiative of local residents." (Ref.1) "A joint work between the neighborhood council (called "Saint-Clément Jardin des Plantes") and the services of the City of Rouen resulted in a complete redevelopment of this square" (Ref. 3)
"Square Pinchon renovated on the initiative of local residents" (Ref. 1)
Neighborhood councils are managed by the city mayor's delegate to the neighborhood and therefore financed by the city (public local fund). (Ref. 1 and 2)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
€50,000 - €100,000
Source(s) of funding
- Public local authority budget
- Other
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
- Green space and habitat
- Increased green space area
- Reduced biodiversity loss
- Increased number of species present
- Other
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Safety
- Increased perception of safety
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved access to urban green space
- Increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces
- Health and wellbeing
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Improvement in people’s connection to nature
- 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. Ville de Rouen (2016). Communiqué de Presse: "Le square Pinchon rénové à l’initiative des riverains". Available at: Source link (Website not available in 2020).
2. Ville de Rouen (2015). " Agenda 21 Local de la ville de Rouen". Available at: Source link (Accessed: August 25, 2020).
3. Rouen Ensemble (n.d). "Réaménagement du square Pinchon". Available at: Source link (Accessed: August 25, 2020).
4. Ville de Rouen (n.d.). "Square Robert Antoine Pinchon". Available at: Source link (Accessed: August 25, 2020).
2. Ville de Rouen (2015). " Agenda 21 Local de la ville de Rouen". Available at: Source link (Accessed: August 25, 2020).
3. Rouen Ensemble (n.d). "Réaménagement du square Pinchon". Available at: Source link (Accessed: August 25, 2020).
4. Ville de Rouen (n.d.). "Square Robert Antoine Pinchon". Available at: Source link (Accessed: August 25, 2020).
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