European Fundend Projects

  • ID:
    projects-585
  • fiwar:
    LIFE11 ENV/FI/000911
  • Project_Acronym:
    Urban Oases - Keidas
  • Project_Name:
    Urban Oases: Shaping a Sustainable Future through Environmentally Functional Landscape Features
  • Funding Authority:
    LIFE
  • Call for proposals:
    Environment
  • Focus Area:
    Urban biodiversity,Spatial planning
  • Begin Date:
    2012-06-01
  • End Date:
    2017-12-31
  • Status:
    Completed
  • Budget:
    € 003 405 540.00
  • Description:
    The Urban Oases project aims to study how alternative constructions in urban watersheds can improve the functioning of natural systems and ecosystem services, thereby helping to reduce run-off of polluting substances to receiving waters. It hopes to contribute to reducing contamination, algal blooms and eutrophication in receiving rivers and lakes, and ultimately to improve the water quality of the Baltic Sea. The project will study pilots in order to assess the potential for innovative stormwater wetland types and snow management swale structures as pervious waterways in densely constructed urban environments. The project actions will include the designs of all the prototypes and the monitoring stations. The beneficiary will assess the value of functional landscape elements in providing environmentally beneficial ecosystem services, covering impacts on: water quantity (flood control); water quality; greenhouse gases (sink or source); biodiversity. Expected results Outputs: Improved know-how on developing urban water ecosystem services through functional landscapes; Information about the costs of developing ecosystem services; Guidelines for two scale stormwater wetland types, as well as for structural stormwater and snow management swales for built-up urban areas, including refined soil mixtures, dimensioning and maintenance guidelines. Outcomes: Specific quality improvements in the management of water runoff in urban areas and the impact on ecosystems and receiving waters (the Baltic Sea); Improved biological diversity; Improved recreational value of water bodies; Increased collaboration on the implementation of functional and innovative urban landscape elements within the Baltic Sea region; Results and learning applicable to all urban areas within the EU.
  • Resource:
    https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/life/publicWebsite/project/LIFE11-ENV-FI-000911/urban-oases-shaping-a-sustainable-future-through-environmentally-functional-landscape-features
  • Inland water types:
    Urban water', 'Wetlands', 'Snow and ice', 'Coastal waters', 'Rivers and estuaries', 'Lake'