c/o City - Testbed for tools for ecosystem services for urban planning in NDS
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| Coordinator | Stockholms stad - Miljöförvaltningen |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 250 000 |
| Project duration | November 2013 - July 2014 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
Purpose: to investigate how new planning tools can be used and evaluated in actual urban planning to better integrate ecosystem services in urban environments. Objectives in selection: - Identify opportunities for NDS to provide a test bed for tools and solutions to urban ecosystem services - ACHIEVED - Identify and involve key people in the NDS project - ACHIEVED - Develop model and process for how a stage in NDS can serve as a test bed based on the Vinnova definitions and requirements PARTLY ACHIEVED
Results and expected effects
The study investigates whether the Vinnova testbed model can be used to evaluate C/O City (and other) tools for urban ecosystem services in real urban planning in Stockholm Royal Seaport. Some uncertainty exists as to whether the Vinnova transparency requirements can be fully met in the test bed. However the feasibility study shows that the parallel assignments and parallel evaluation could provide interesting options for NDS, and could produce good results regarding the usability of the tools in urban planning and its ability to generate ecosystem services.
Approach and implementation
Interviews, workshops and analysis in close collaboration with the Stockholm Royal City´s project and implementation organization. The functionality of the test bed is assessed based on 1. geographical context (with onward connections to the larger ecosystem / landscape); 2. institutional context such as zoning plans, project plans, policy documents such as the Stockholm Environmental program, etc; 3 organizational context