Erda RTE co-organised “Green and Blue Urban Infrastructure Innovation for Northern Eurasia. Transfer, Regionalisation, Planning Strategies and Development Directions” Workshop and Roundtable on April 19-20 in Saint Petersburg.
We focused on two objectives. One was to take stock of innovations related to green and blue infrastructure (GBI) in Russian cities, and to understand the factors of success and failures of such innovation projects given a variety of biophysical and socioeconomic contexts across the country. The other one was to understand what other innovation projects successfully implemented in the EU have their chance in Russia, what kind of projects would be useful and relevant in terms of sustainability transition in Russia, and what barriers need to be considered to ensure their success.
To achieve the first objective, we have invited speakers representing academic and non-academic institutions from across Russia with relevant GBI experience and reflections to share. Moderated discussions followed. The second objective was achieved through an exercise where specific GBI innovations recently implemented in the EU were presented to the audience by our EU partners involved in these innovative projects. Audience members provided an insightful feedback reflecting on their diverse academic, professional and regional experience.
Workshop presentations:
Planning for Innovation and Sustainability: An Emerging Blue Economy in Russia’ Coastal Arctic?
The implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Basic model
Linking green infrastructure to urban air quality and human health risk mitigation in Russia
Urban Green Infrastructure: what does it mean this approach in real urban planning in Russia?
Practical experience with implementing green and blue infrastructure solutions in Latvia
Green and Blue Urban Infrastructure Innovation for Northern Eurasia – Transfer, Regionalisation, Planning Strategies and Development Directions. Concept, workflow, outcomes
Policy best practice and recommendations for sustainable and integrated stormwater management
Environmental situation assessment in the area of the avanport Bronka construction based on indicator-index approach
Blue, green and white spaces of the city of Nadym as an example of the use of natural infrastructure in Arctic conditions
How implementation of the Polar Code and other relevant instruments could contribute to the green economy in the Arctic
Ecologically green material in the Arctic conditions
Prospects of Using Renewable Energy Sources in the High North
Typology of Settlement Patterns in the Northern Territories
Green and Blue Urban Infrastructure supporting ecosystem services
Streamlining of ecosystem disservices for urban planning
Voronezh Green Network: green infrastructure strategy and case study of implementing landscape ecology and ecosystem services concepts in the land use approach
EU Experience of Using Joint Fact Finding in Urban Infrastructure Planning
Problems of designing green and blue infrastructure of the city of Tyumen
Mapping and assessment urban ecosystem services in the city of Tyumen
Ecosystem services approach for landscaping project: the case of Metropolia Residential Complex
Opportunities and benefits of using local flora species in urban landscaping
Informal roads as a form of extended green urban infrastructure
Eco-sustainable environment in modern residential areas. Experience in the implementation and adaptation of Scandinavian solutions in Russian projects on the example of the Leningrad region
Smart urban nature: modelling and evaluation of ecosystem services provided by urban soils and green infrastructures
University campuses as elements of the urban green-blue infrastructure
Prospects for the use of energy-efficient technologies for urban improvement reconstruction of small towns and local settlement systems on the Bezhetsky district in the Tver region example
The sustainable approach in urban landscape planning
Paper packaging materials in a circular economy
Databases and GIS applications in urban green management
Case studies of green and blue infrastructure solutions, Wrocław, Poland
Wildflower turfs in the city České Budějovice, the Czech Republic
Bus Station Nivy in Bratislava, Slovakia
Complex GBI development project in Győr, Hungary
Revitalistion of the Dubova Creek
ESS analysis and Green Network by the example of the VivaGrass Project
