Connecting society, principles of nature and ICT to promote people- and environment-friendly urban environments
Engineering for the Information Society and Sustainable Development
Alfonso Bahillo Martínez (DeustoTech – Facultad de Ingeniería) & Barbara Golicnik Marusic (Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia)
DeustoTech (www.deustotech.eu) is a private non-profit institution of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Deusto for applied research in new technologies. Since 2005 DeustoTech mission is to support the ICT activity in business and society through research, the development of technologies, innovation, and knowledge transfer. The MSCA IF candidate will be incorporated in the Smart Mobility research group at DeustoTech. This research group is committed to respond to the current and future needs of society and industry in the field of mobility and transport by means of technology and data fusion applications. Nowadays, the group belongs to 3 European collaboration networks and participates in 5 European Projects, as well as is currently developing several consortiums and partnerships for future international projects. Actually, 7 international students are hosted by the group, as well as more than 10 international fellowships have been carried out by members of this group. Together with Urban Planning institute of the Republic of Slovenia, leading national research centre for spatial issues in Slovenia with high international reputation, the focus of the research will be shifted into an interdisciplinary filed concerned with healthy and liveable environment respecting peoples’ habits and needs, environmental carrying capacities and ICT as measuring and analytical tools
We are looking for PhD research candidate with strong background in at least one of the next areas:
● Information Fusion through Bayesian Inference
● Pedestrian inertial navigation system
● Machine Learning techniques
● Human-Computer Interaction
● People-environmental studies
● Nature based solutions as place capacity building concept
● Behaviour mapping
● GIS based spatial planning analytics
Researchers with experience in some of the above mentioned fields will be especially welcomed. Advanced command of English (C1 or equivalent) is desired. Knowledge of Spanish is not a requirement.
- Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)
- Information Sciences and Engineering (ENG)
Addressing spatial issues via micro scale of individual user is becoming more and more challenging, therefore various ICT technologies which my be related to individuals and can generate small and soft data are becoming very relevant in spatial and urban planning to address major contemporary challenges such as food security, climate change, water security, human health, disaster risk, social and economic development. At the same time, it is crucial to enhance the resilience of ecosystems, their capacity for renewal and the provision of services. Accordingly, the leading principle, nature-based solutions (NbS), now a days seem to penetrate the concept of smart city, which is already highly technologically supported. There is a further challenge in interlinking ICTs, societal challenges and solutions that are based on natural principles to promote and achieve effective, people- and environment-friendly urban environments.
The proposed research will focus on the simulation and implementation of advanced localization techniques using devices available in the mass market, such as smartphones or wearable devices, with the aim of developing location-based services that promote and foster implementation of NbS in spatial development and recognise as well as evaluate their added values for urban environment users to improve their quality of living.
EXCELLENCE OF THE HOST RESEARCH UNIT
● T. Otim, A. Bahillo, L. E. Diez, P. Lopez, and F. Falcone, “FDTD and Empirical Exploration of Human Body and UWB Radiation Interaction on TOF Ranging,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, pp. 1–1, 2019.
● Rebernik, N. Goličnik Marušić, B. Bahillo, A. Osaba, E. (2019). A 4-dimensional Model and Combined Methodological Approach to Inclusive Urban Planning and Design for ALL, Sustainable Cities and Society Vol. 44, January 2019, Pages 195-214. DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2018.10.001.
● L. E. Díez, A. Bahillo, J. Otegui, and T. Otim, “Suitability Analysis of Wrist-Worn Sensors for Implementing Pedestrian Dead Reckoning Systems,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 5098–5114, May 2018.Bahillo, A., Díez, L.E. and Arambarri, A., 2016. BLUE CARE: A COOPERATIVE LOCATION NETWORK FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS. Procedia Engineering (2017) pp. 67-75
● Chen, Y., Liu, T., Xie, X., Goličnik Marušić, B. (2016). What attracts people to visit community open spaces? A case study of the overseas Chinese town community in Shenzhen, China. International journal of environmental research and public health, 2016, vol. 13(7), pp. 1-17.
● Goličnik Marušić, B. (2016). Discrepancy between likely and actual occupancies of urban outdoor places. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, August 2016, vol. 18, iss. , str. 151-162, ilustr., doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.06.001
Underground Built Heritage as catalyser for Community Valorisation
Funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology, COST Action CA18110.
Duration: 48 months (Abr. 2019 – Abr. 2023)
BLUE: Enabling Ubiquitous Location-Based services
Funded by the Basque Department of Education, under Grant ref. PI_2016_0010.
Duration: 24 months (Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2018)
ESPHIA: Enabling Seamless Positioning for Helping Inhabitants Anywhere
Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, TIN2014-56042-JIN.
Duration: 36 months (Oct. 2015 – Oct. 2018)
CYBERPARKS: Fostering knowledge about the relationship between Information and Communication Technologies and Public Spaces supported by strategies to improve their use and attractiveness.
Funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology, TUD COST Action TU1306.
Duration: 48 months (Abr. 2014 – Abr. 2018)
LORIS: Localization Cooperative Systems for People and Objects in Diverse Environments. Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, TIN2012-38080-C04-03.
Duration: 36 months (Jan. 2013 – Dec. 2015)
CONNECTING NATURE: Bringing cities to life, bringing life into cities.
Funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union Grant Agreement No 730222
Duration: 60 months (Jun 2017 – May 2022)
LOS_DAMA!: Landscape and Open Space Development in Alpine Metropolitan Areas.
Funded by the ERDF Interreg Alpine Space
Duration: 36 months (Nov. 2016 – Oct. 2019) INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION
The proposed research plan is encouraged to cover two research disciplines in a “bottom-up” proposal. This research proposal is the result of an interdisciplinary encounter between a landscape architect, expert in behaviour analysis and mapping, and a telecom engineer, expert in dynamic information fusion methods for positioning, that was made possible by the COST Action TUD1306, called CyberParks (http://cyberparks-project.eu). Therefore, the interdisciplinary of this research proposal is guaranteed though the co-direction of experts from those different knowledge areas which will be melted to be able to address the research proposal. They foster the mix of their knowledge further by collaborating on work with a PhD candidate dealing with the topic “A social cooperative monitoring tool for the production of inclusive public spaces – Enabling a seamless positioning system as a framework to build context-based services aiming towards the production of inclusive and cohesive public spaces”. Recently behaviour mapping analysis was applied to study place capacity for occupancy in landscapes of high natural or cultural values. Accordingly, the researchers see further challenges in ICT-supported bottom-up approaches, considering qualitative-, small- and slow-data-oriented methods and techniques, to up-grade and test the concept of place carrying capacity for occupancy and emphasises by this its potentials for sustainable management and governance.
Yes, the thesis will be co-directed between DeustoTech and Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, who have shown willingness to co-finance the research project, as sought in the 6i-DIRS project. The contact person at the UIRS is Dr. Barbara Golicnik Marusic (barbarag@uirs.si)
We plan the next mechanisms to successfully implement the interdisciplinarity:
– Refine the plan proposal (objectives, scope and roadmap) agreed among the co-directors and the MSCA IF candidate for the three years period.
– Skype meetings every two weeks to check the progress of the MSCA IF researcher and to establish the next steps to follow.
– Face to face meetings every 24 weeks.
– At least two short-term research stays every year, and one long-term research stay at the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
The research project is clearly aligned with the topics defined by the H2020 programme and related actual documents:
● From a technical point of view, it is aligned with the work programme «Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies», both in the area of «Information and Communication Technologies» and in the area of «Space», as its objective is the design of location systems in intelligent devices including the use of the European Global Navigation Satellite System (Galileo, EGNOS).
● From the application point of view, the objective of developing inclusive and accessible applications is clearly aligned with Societal Challenge 1, (Health, demographic change and wellbeing) and Societal Challenge 4, (Smart, Green and Integrated Transport).
● Urban agenda for the EU: Sustainable use of land and nature-based solutions partnership https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/system/files/ged/leaflet_sulnbs_en.pdf
In fact, there are currently several project proposals under review in calls for the previous programmes
As mentioned before, the thesis will be co-directed between DeustoTech (Spain) and UIRS (Slovenia). The research groups of both institutions involved in this proposal have been working together on different research activities for several years. This ensures a smooth and effective international collaboration INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION
Through research training provided by the institutions from different countries, sectors and disciplines, this research proposal will trigger cooperation between organizations from the academic sector such as the Universities of Deusto and non-academic sector such as the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia. It will enhance skills development and knowledge-sharing, enhancing researchers’ employability and providing them with new career perspectives.
Several types of stakeholders who may be interested in the results of this research project have now been identified, existing contacts and collaborations in the past:
● Town councils and other public bodies interested in being able to offer better and more accessible services to citizens. In the past, there has been collaborations with public bodies in cities such as Bilbao or Zaragoza in Spain, or Maribor in Slovenia.
● Different agents in the health field, especially interested in the study of active aging or people with psychiatric problems. In this field, there exist active collaborations and contacts with several teams in the field of psychiatry of Sacyl (Public Health Service of Castilla y León, Spain).
● The association of Urban Municipalities of Slovenia https://www.zmos.si/english/
No, this research project is envisaged as an international thesis co-directed by two research and development institutions IMPACT
To follow NbS principles and aiming to realise them in practice to achieve better living and environmental conditions in cities and their hinterlands by using ICT this research project will maximise the public benefit by supporting the development of applications that will address major societal challenges in focus areas such as health, citizen safety, mobility or smart cities as well as to address and maintain the environmental capacities for usage and development.
In particular, the main stakeholders (public administration, nature and cultural heritage conservation, general public and associations of people with any health-disabilities) will benefit from the results of this project in different ways:
● Access to high technology developers specialized in seamless positioning and Location Based Services implementation.
● Gaining knowledge on advanced environment- and user-friendly solutions as well as inclusion aspects in urban areas that will serve to the preparation of studies related to transport, mobility, urban planning and accessibility, etc.
● New business models related to co-operation between public administration and its stakeholders (citizens, companies, associations, conservation-bodies). INNOVATION
The main innovative aspect of the research project is the focus of the development of LBS in the field of people-and environment-friendly urban planning and governance. This implies focusing on a market and type of problems generally forgotten and also brings with it the need to work from multidisciplinary strategies, which always is challenging and stimulating. Another important aspect of the offer is the possibility of working on a project that covers a wide spectrum of the life cycle of a product, as the project will include from basic and applied research tasks (TRL 2 to 5) to developing and testing systems that can be used in an operational environment with real services (TRL 7). – The innovative potential lies in further development and implementation of place carrying capacity for occupancy of places following NbS principles. INCLUSION
Inclusion as healthy environment – Provision of people- and environment-friendly solutions means better place for everyone. Contribution towards agreeing on common targets and indicators for nature-based solutions, urban green infrastructure, biodiversity and ecosystem services in cities provides inclusive and multifunctional solutions. Multifunctional landscapes are a big challenge in nowadays big threat for land.
● T. Otim, A. Bahillo, L. E. Diez, P. Lopez, and F. Falcone, “FDTD and Empirical Exploration of Human Body and UWB Radiation Interaction on TOF Ranging,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, pp. 1–1, 2019.
● Rebernik, N. Goličnik Marušić, B. Bahillo, A. Osaba, E. (2019). A 4-dimensional Model and Combined Methodological Approach to Inclusive Urban Planning and Design for ALL, Sustainable Cities and Society Vol. 44, January 2019, Pages 195-214. DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2018.10.001.
● L. E. Díez, A. Bahillo, J. Otegui, and T. Otim, “Suitability Analysis of Wrist-Worn Sensors for Implementing Pedestrian Dead Reckoning Systems,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 5098–5114, May 2018.Bahillo, A., Díez, L.E. and Arambarri, A., 2016. BLUE CARE: A COOPERATIVE LOCATION NETWORK FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS. Procedia Engineering (2017) pp. 67-75
● Chen, Y., Liu, T., Xie, X., Goličnik Marušić, B. (2016). What attracts people to visit community open spaces? A case study of the overseas Chinese town community in Shenzhen, China. International journal of environmental research and public health, 2016, vol. 13(7), pp. 1-17.
● Goličnik Marušić, B. (2016). Discrepancy between likely and actual occupancies of urban outdoor places. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, August 2016, vol. 18, iss. , str. 151-162, ilustr., doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.06.001
Underground Built Heritage as catalyser for Community Valorisation
Funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology, COST Action CA18110.
Duration: 48 months (Abr. 2019 – Abr. 2023)
BLUE: Enabling Ubiquitous Location-Based services
Funded by the Basque Department of Education, under Grant ref. PI_2016_0010.
Duration: 24 months (Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2018)
ESPHIA: Enabling Seamless Positioning for Helping Inhabitants Anywhere
Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, TIN2014-56042-JIN.
Duration: 36 months (Oct. 2015 – Oct. 2018)
CYBERPARKS: Fostering knowledge about the relationship between Information and Communication Technologies and Public Spaces supported by strategies to improve their use and attractiveness.
Funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology, TUD COST Action TU1306.
Duration: 48 months (Abr. 2014 – Abr. 2018)
LORIS: Localization Cooperative Systems for People and Objects in Diverse Environments. Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, TIN2012-38080-C04-03.
Duration: 36 months (Jan. 2013 – Dec. 2015)
CONNECTING NATURE: Bringing cities to life, bringing life into cities.
Funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union Grant Agreement No 730222
Duration: 60 months (Jun 2017 – May 2022)
LOS_DAMA!: Landscape and Open Space Development in Alpine Metropolitan Areas.
Funded by the ERDF Interreg Alpine Space
Duration: 36 months (Nov. 2016 – Oct. 2019)
The proposed research plan is encouraged to cover two research disciplines in a “bottom-up” proposal. This research proposal is the result of an interdisciplinary encounter between a landscape architect, expert in behaviour analysis and mapping, and a telecom engineer, expert in dynamic information fusion methods for positioning, that was made possible by the COST Action TUD1306, called CyberParks (http://cyberparks-project.eu). Therefore, the interdisciplinary of this research proposal is guaranteed though the co-direction of experts from those different knowledge areas which will be melted to be able to address the research proposal. They foster the mix of their knowledge further by collaborating on work with a PhD candidate dealing with the topic “A social cooperative monitoring tool for the production of inclusive public spaces – Enabling a seamless positioning system as a framework to build context-based services aiming towards the production of inclusive and cohesive public spaces”. Recently behaviour mapping analysis was applied to study place capacity for occupancy in landscapes of high natural or cultural values. Accordingly, the researchers see further challenges in ICT-supported bottom-up approaches, considering qualitative-, small- and slow-data-oriented methods and techniques, to up-grade and test the concept of place carrying capacity for occupancy and emphasises by this its potentials for sustainable management and governance.
Yes, the thesis will be co-directed between DeustoTech and Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, who have shown willingness to co-finance the research project, as sought in the 6i-DIRS project. The contact person at the UIRS is Dr. Barbara Golicnik Marusic (barbarag@uirs.si)
We plan the next mechanisms to successfully implement the interdisciplinarity:
– Refine the plan proposal (objectives, scope and roadmap) agreed among the co-directors and the MSCA IF candidate for the three years period.
– Skype meetings every two weeks to check the progress of the MSCA IF researcher and to establish the next steps to follow.
– Face to face meetings every 24 weeks.
– At least two short-term research stays every year, and one long-term research stay at the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia.
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
The research project is clearly aligned with the topics defined by the H2020 programme and related actual documents:
● From a technical point of view, it is aligned with the work programme «Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies», both in the area of «Information and Communication Technologies» and in the area of «Space», as its objective is the design of location systems in intelligent devices including the use of the European Global Navigation Satellite System (Galileo, EGNOS).
● From the application point of view, the objective of developing inclusive and accessible applications is clearly aligned with Societal Challenge 1, (Health, demographic change and wellbeing) and Societal Challenge 4, (Smart, Green and Integrated Transport).
● Urban agenda for the EU: Sustainable use of land and nature-based solutions partnership https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/system/files/ged/leaflet_sulnbs_en.pdf
In fact, there are currently several project proposals under review in calls for the previous programmes
As mentioned before, the thesis will be co-directed between DeustoTech (Spain) and UIRS (Slovenia). The research groups of both institutions involved in this proposal have been working together on different research activities for several years. This ensures a smooth and effective international collaboration INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION
Through research training provided by the institutions from different countries, sectors and disciplines, this research proposal will trigger cooperation between organizations from the academic sector such as the Universities of Deusto and non-academic sector such as the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia. It will enhance skills development and knowledge-sharing, enhancing researchers’ employability and providing them with new career perspectives.
Several types of stakeholders who may be interested in the results of this research project have now been identified, existing contacts and collaborations in the past:
● Town councils and other public bodies interested in being able to offer better and more accessible services to citizens. In the past, there has been collaborations with public bodies in cities such as Bilbao or Zaragoza in Spain, or Maribor in Slovenia.
● Different agents in the health field, especially interested in the study of active aging or people with psychiatric problems. In this field, there exist active collaborations and contacts with several teams in the field of psychiatry of Sacyl (Public Health Service of Castilla y León, Spain).
● The association of Urban Municipalities of Slovenia https://www.zmos.si/english/
No, this research project is envisaged as an international thesis co-directed by two research and development institutions IMPACT
To follow NbS principles and aiming to realise them in practice to achieve better living and environmental conditions in cities and their hinterlands by using ICT this research project will maximise the public benefit by supporting the development of applications that will address major societal challenges in focus areas such as health, citizen safety, mobility or smart cities as well as to address and maintain the environmental capacities for usage and development.
In particular, the main stakeholders (public administration, nature and cultural heritage conservation, general public and associations of people with any health-disabilities) will benefit from the results of this project in different ways:
● Access to high technology developers specialized in seamless positioning and Location Based Services implementation.
● Gaining knowledge on advanced environment- and user-friendly solutions as well as inclusion aspects in urban areas that will serve to the preparation of studies related to transport, mobility, urban planning and accessibility, etc.
● New business models related to co-operation between public administration and its stakeholders (citizens, companies, associations, conservation-bodies). INNOVATION
The main innovative aspect of the research project is the focus of the development of LBS in the field of people-and environment-friendly urban planning and governance. This implies focusing on a market and type of problems generally forgotten and also brings with it the need to work from multidisciplinary strategies, which always is challenging and stimulating. Another important aspect of the offer is the possibility of working on a project that covers a wide spectrum of the life cycle of a product, as the project will include from basic and applied research tasks (TRL 2 to 5) to developing and testing systems that can be used in an operational environment with real services (TRL 7). – The innovative potential lies in further development and implementation of place carrying capacity for occupancy of places following NbS principles. INCLUSION
Inclusion as healthy environment – Provision of people- and environment-friendly solutions means better place for everyone. Contribution towards agreeing on common targets and indicators for nature-based solutions, urban green infrastructure, biodiversity and ecosystem services in cities provides inclusive and multifunctional solutions. Multifunctional landscapes are a big challenge in nowadays big threat for land.
The research project is clearly aligned with the topics defined by the H2020 programme and related actual documents:
● From a technical point of view, it is aligned with the work programme «Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies», both in the area of «Information and Communication Technologies» and in the area of «Space», as its objective is the design of location systems in intelligent devices including the use of the European Global Navigation Satellite System (Galileo, EGNOS).
● From the application point of view, the objective of developing inclusive and accessible applications is clearly aligned with Societal Challenge 1, (Health, demographic change and wellbeing) and Societal Challenge 4, (Smart, Green and Integrated Transport).
● Urban agenda for the EU: Sustainable use of land and nature-based solutions partnership https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/system/files/ged/leaflet_sulnbs_en.pdf
In fact, there are currently several project proposals under review in calls for the previous programmes
As mentioned before, the thesis will be co-directed between DeustoTech (Spain) and UIRS (Slovenia). The research groups of both institutions involved in this proposal have been working together on different research activities for several years. This ensures a smooth and effective international collaboration
Through research training provided by the institutions from different countries, sectors and disciplines, this research proposal will trigger cooperation between organizations from the academic sector such as the Universities of Deusto and non-academic sector such as the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia. It will enhance skills development and knowledge-sharing, enhancing researchers’ employability and providing them with new career perspectives.
Several types of stakeholders who may be interested in the results of this research project have now been identified, existing contacts and collaborations in the past:
● Town councils and other public bodies interested in being able to offer better and more accessible services to citizens. In the past, there has been collaborations with public bodies in cities such as Bilbao or Zaragoza in Spain, or Maribor in Slovenia.
● Different agents in the health field, especially interested in the study of active aging or people with psychiatric problems. In this field, there exist active collaborations and contacts with several teams in the field of psychiatry of Sacyl (Public Health Service of Castilla y León, Spain).
● The association of Urban Municipalities of Slovenia https://www.zmos.si/english/
No, this research project is envisaged as an international thesis co-directed by two research and development institutions
IMPACT
To follow NbS principles and aiming to realise them in practice to achieve better living and environmental conditions in cities and their hinterlands by using ICT this research project will maximise the public benefit by supporting the development of applications that will address major societal challenges in focus areas such as health, citizen safety, mobility or smart cities as well as to address and maintain the environmental capacities for usage and development.
In particular, the main stakeholders (public administration, nature and cultural heritage conservation, general public and associations of people with any health-disabilities) will benefit from the results of this project in different ways:
● Access to high technology developers specialized in seamless positioning and Location Based Services implementation.
● Gaining knowledge on advanced environment- and user-friendly solutions as well as inclusion aspects in urban areas that will serve to the preparation of studies related to transport, mobility, urban planning and accessibility, etc.
● New business models related to co-operation between public administration and its stakeholders (citizens, companies, associations, conservation-bodies). INNOVATION
The main innovative aspect of the research project is the focus of the development of LBS in the field of people-and environment-friendly urban planning and governance. This implies focusing on a market and type of problems generally forgotten and also brings with it the need to work from multidisciplinary strategies, which always is challenging and stimulating. Another important aspect of the offer is the possibility of working on a project that covers a wide spectrum of the life cycle of a product, as the project will include from basic and applied research tasks (TRL 2 to 5) to developing and testing systems that can be used in an operational environment with real services (TRL 7). – The innovative potential lies in further development and implementation of place carrying capacity for occupancy of places following NbS principles. INCLUSION
Inclusion as healthy environment – Provision of people- and environment-friendly solutions means better place for everyone. Contribution towards agreeing on common targets and indicators for nature-based solutions, urban green infrastructure, biodiversity and ecosystem services in cities provides inclusive and multifunctional solutions. Multifunctional landscapes are a big challenge in nowadays big threat for land.
To follow NbS principles and aiming to realise them in practice to achieve better living and environmental conditions in cities and their hinterlands by using ICT this research project will maximise the public benefit by supporting the development of applications that will address major societal challenges in focus areas such as health, citizen safety, mobility or smart cities as well as to address and maintain the environmental capacities for usage and development.
In particular, the main stakeholders (public administration, nature and cultural heritage conservation, general public and associations of people with any health-disabilities) will benefit from the results of this project in different ways:
● Access to high technology developers specialized in seamless positioning and Location Based Services implementation.
● Gaining knowledge on advanced environment- and user-friendly solutions as well as inclusion aspects in urban areas that will serve to the preparation of studies related to transport, mobility, urban planning and accessibility, etc.
● New business models related to co-operation between public administration and its stakeholders (citizens, companies, associations, conservation-bodies).
The main innovative aspect of the research project is the focus of the development of LBS in the field of people-and environment-friendly urban planning and governance. This implies focusing on a market and type of problems generally forgotten and also brings with it the need to work from multidisciplinary strategies, which always is challenging and stimulating. Another important aspect of the offer is the possibility of working on a project that covers a wide spectrum of the life cycle of a product, as the project will include from basic and applied research tasks (TRL 2 to 5) to developing and testing systems that can be used in an operational environment with real services (TRL 7). – The innovative potential lies in further development and implementation of place carrying capacity for occupancy of places following NbS principles.
INCLUSION
Inclusion as healthy environment – Provision of people- and environment-friendly solutions means better place for everyone. Contribution towards agreeing on common targets and indicators for nature-based solutions, urban green infrastructure, biodiversity and ecosystem services in cities provides inclusive and multifunctional solutions. Multifunctional landscapes are a big challenge in nowadays big threat for land.
Inclusion as healthy environment – Provision of people- and environment-friendly solutions means better place for everyone. Contribution towards agreeing on common targets and indicators for nature-based solutions, urban green infrastructure, biodiversity and ecosystem services in cities provides inclusive and multifunctional solutions. Multifunctional landscapes are a big challenge in nowadays big threat for land.