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BEST PRACTICES, Khorramabad — June 13, 2023

Khorramabad 🇮🇷: The URBiNAT Observer City that has led by example

Khorramabad, one of the URBiNAT Observer Cities in Iran, is a remarkable example of this. Over the past five years, Khorramabad, in coordination with URBiNAT's Frontrunner and Follower cities, has undertaken various activities to engage citizens in the co-selection and co-creation of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS).

NBS — June 6, 2023

[Barcelona 🇪🇸] Lecture on IAAC’s URBiNAT Technological NBS

URBiNAT partner IAAC lectured on URBINAT NBS projects to international students of a cross-boundary top-tier student network.

NBS, PUBLICATIONS — May 30, 2023

[Research Paper] Green Walls and Health: An Umbrella Review

Current societal challenges like climate change led to a general agreement that our cities need to become greener and our lifestyles more sustainable. Read the exciting findings from a recent study on the health benefits of green walls as a promising nature-based solution for dense urban areas and street canyons specifically.

BEST PRACTICES, CONFERENCE, Paraná, Porto — May 27, 2023

Lecture: Urban regeneration through nature: proposals for innovation and social inclusion in cities

22-26 de Maio de 2023. Gonçalo Canto-Moniz, coordenador do projecto URBiNAT, participou na Conferência Enanpur 2023, realizada em Belén, Brasil.

NBS — May 22, 2023

[In the News 🇩🇪] URBiNAT presented to the Chamber of Architects of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

URBiNAT partner Marcel Cardinali invited by the Chamber of Architects of North Rhine-Westphalia to present URBiNAT to the 200 architects participating in a an high-level event organized on 10 May 2023.

NBS — May 17, 2023

[European Award 🇪🇺] SuperBarrio among the finalists of the New European Bauhaus Awards 2023

SuperBarrio, co-developed by IAAC as part of URBiNAT, is one of 61 shortlisted finalists of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Awards 2023.

PUBLICATIONS — May 15, 2023

[Research Paper] Automation of Indicator Development in Green Space Health Research

The relationship between green spaces and health is attracting more and more societal and research interest. The research field is however still suffering from its differing monodisciplinary origins. Now in a multidisciplinary environment on its way to a truly interdisciplinary field, there is a need for a common understanding, precision in green space indicators, and coherent assessment of the complexity of daily living environments.

BEST PRACTICES, Siena — May 2, 2023

[Siena 🇮🇹] Urban Trekking Day 2023: Trekking in Colour: Practices of Sustainability Through the Centuries

Cities invited to participate in the 20th National Day of Urban Trekking to be held on 31 October under the title "Trekking in Colour: Sustainability Practices Through the Ages".

BEST PRACTICES, PUBLICATIONS — April 20, 2023

[Research Paper] Preferred reporting items in green space health research. Guiding principles for an interdisciplinary field

The relationship between green spaces and health is attracting more and more societal and research interest. The research field is however still suffering from its differing monodisciplinary origins. Now in a multidisciplinary environment on its way to a truly interdisciplinary field, there is a need for a common understanding, precision in green space indicators, and coherent assessment of the complexity of daily living environments.

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