ReNature Training Course
Venue: Palazzo di Sociologia, via Verdi 26 (Trento)
Nature-based solutions (NbS) are actions inspired and supported by nature that have the potential to build resilience in cities, while also providing multiple co-benefits to urban communities and individuals. Examples include urban green and blue space, green roofs and walls, rain gardens, community gardens, sustainable urban drainage systems. The research into NbS is progressing rapidly, and there is a need to mainstream results into urban planning. This training course is aimed at PhD students, post-doc and research fellows, practitioners, and public officers interested in planning and designing NbS to address urban challenges.
Topics
The course, organized by the ReNature project, will upskill participants in: understanding the ecological foundations of NbS, assessing their impacts on ecosystem services and their socio-economic implications, identifying planning barriers and opportunities, applying key principles for NbS design.
The following topics will be covered:
- Current thinking and experiences in European cities
- Urban ecosystems, their biodiversity and functions
- Mapping and assessing urban ecosystem services
- Analyzing demand for NbS and potential beneficiaries
- NbS design to target specific urban needs and challenges
- Windows of opportunities and constraints to mainstream NbS in urban plans.
The teaching approach is based on input lectures, discussion and case study work, conducted in groups. Participants will be taken to a field visit in an urban area, and then assigned case studies for analysis and design of NbS, incorporating some of the lessons learned during the course. The results will be presented and discussed with experts from the private, public and policy sectors.
Instructors:
- Mario Balzan, Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology
- Marcus Collier, Trinity College Dublin
- Chiara Cortinovis, Lund University
- Lynn Dicks, Cambridge University
- Enzo Falco, University of Trento
- Davide Geneletti, University of Trento
Programme
Wednesday 5 February, 2020
15.30 - 17.30 | Executive board meeting of the ReNature project | ReNature EB members |
18.00 - 19.00 | Icebreaker reception |
Thursday 6 February, 2020
8.30 - 9.00 | Welcome and registration | |
9.00 - 10.00 |
Nature-based solutions in urban planning
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10.00 - 10.30 | Coffee break | |
10.30 - 12.00 | The ecological foundations: biodiversity, urban ecosystems and their functions |
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12.00 - 15.00 | Lunch + field visit | |
15.00 - 16.30 |
Urban ecosystem services
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16.30 - 17.30 | Group work with working coffee break | |
19.00 | Networking dinner |
Friday 7 February, 2020
9.00 - 9.50 |
Designing NbS in cities: What do planners need to know? |
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9.50 - 10.30 |
Lightning talks:
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10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee break | |
11.00 - 12.30 | Group work | |
12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch | |
13.30 - 14.30 |
Windows of opportunity for NbS in urban planning:
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14.30 - 15.30 | Group work with coffee break | |
15.30 - 17.00 | Group presentations, feedback, discussion with guests and closing |
Registration and fees
- Deadline for registration: January 24, 2020 (11.50 am)
- Deadline for payment: January 31, 2020
Contacts
Course coordinator
- davide.geneletti [at] unitn.it (Davide Geneletti), Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento
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