OBJECTIVES
The project aims to generate scientific evidence, develop a replicable and spatially explicit method, and enable more systematic and validated decision-making for identifying and planning NBS for different issues in cities.
Namely, NatSolis:
- identifies cost-effective and just NBS
- integrates the spatial dimension of costs and performance of NBS into the DSS
- validates the models and SDSS on selected cities
- increases awareness of planners and urban decision-makers about the multiple benefits and trade-offs of NBS.
RESULTS
The project will contribute to permanently incorporating NBS into urban planning instruments, by promoting a spatial and systemic planning approach to assess the benefits the urban environment and urban residents can receive from NBS-interventions.
Namely, NatSolis:
- creates a database with examples and best practices on NBS addressing technical environmental, economic, societal, and organizational aspects, based on current literature and recent international projects;
- designs a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) that acts as an expert system on the choice of the most cost-effective NBS for urban contexts, to be usable in any city;
- provides examples of Spatial Plans of just and cost-effective NBS with related standards and protocols for their design, construction, and monitoring as well as urban policies and mechanisms for their integration into the planning process.