Connecting Nature Case studies tagged with Green urban areas

Beijing Plain Area Afforestation Programme (BPAP) - Beijing, China

Submitted by Rik De Vreese on 29 June 2021

With the aim to create huge forest patches, develop urban forest park clusters and optimise the large-scale forest patterns, BPAP has proposed green strategies with nine green wedges, multiple greenbelts, and green corridors around the old city centre in Beijing.

Objectives further include:

Improving the forest coverage and urban greenspace connectivity in urbanised areas by planting more than 54 million trees, enhancing biodiversity;

Providing health and wellbeing benefits through the use of the recreation facilities

Vanhankaupunginlahti, Old Town Bay - Finland

Submitted by Rik De Vreese on 29 June 2021

Improving the wetland and forest coverage and urban greenspace connectivity and therefore securing important biodiversity;

Providing recreation and educational facilities for local residents and visitors; Enhancing the health and wellbeing benefits gained through the use of the accessible trail built for well-being and recreation facilities.

Complex of Three Parks Foreseen as A Site of the International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 - Łódź, Poland

Submitted by Rik De Vreese on 28 June 2021

The development of three parks foreseen as a site of the International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 aims to serve as an urban green space allowing for urban revitalisation, shaping the urban landscape and using the potential of green spaces in cities especially with regards to the provision of cultural ecosystem services, such as aesthetics, entertainment, heritage and interpersonal integration.

Bois de Vincennes (Vincennes Forest) - Paris, France

Submitted by Rik De Vreese on 30 June 2021

Pollution mitigation (carbon sequestration; microclimate regulation, solution against urban heat island effects),
Biodiversity enrichment (preservation and enhancement of fauna and flora habitats),
Leisure and cultural purposes (recreational value, aesthetic pleasure; sense of place, inspiration) and encouraging citizen’s engagement with local green initiatives.