Tools for the assessment of NBS:

Urban Nature Navigator & Urban

Nature Explorer
ACTonNBS Webinar Series: NBS Tools

Sara Maia (Central European University) November 4, 2020

– Naturvation project

– Urban Nature Navigator (UNN)

– Urban Nature Explorer (UNE)

– Urban Nature Atlas (UNA)

 • Horizon 2020, 4-year project funded by the European Commission;

• Involving 14 institutions across Europe: urban development, geography,

innovation studies and economics;

• Seeks to develop understanding of what NBS

NATURVATION
can achieve, examine how innovation can be
NATure-based Urban fostered in this domain, and contribute to

innoVATION realising the potential of NBS for responding

to urban sustainability challenges.

https://naturvation.eu/about
Nature-Based 1.Building greens 2. Green areas 3. Parks and 4.Allotments and
(external) connected to grey (semi)natural urban community gardens
Solutions (NBS) can infrastructure green areas
take many forms

5.Green indoor 6.Blue areas 7.Green areas for 8.Derelict areas

areas water management
NBS can be
effective in
solving various
environmental
problems
 1. Climate action for
3. Coastal resilience
adaptation, 2. Water
and marine
resilience and management
protection
mitigation

5. Environmental
4. Green space, 6. Regeneration,
Challenges habitats and
biodiversity
quality, including air
quality and waste
land-use and urban
development
management
addressed by
NBS
7. Inclusive and 8. Social justice, 9. Health and well-
effective governance cohesion and equity being

10. Economic 12. Sustainable

11. Cultural heritage
development and consumption and
and cultural diversity
decent employment production
Urban Nature
Navigator
Urban Nature
Navigator:

Bronze level
Urban Nature
Navigator:

Bronze level
Urban Nature
Navigator:

Bronze level
Urban Nature
Navigator:

Bronze level,
Explore mode
Urban Nature
Navigator:

Silver level
Urban Nature
Navigator:

Silver level
Urban Nature
Explorer

(pilot)
Urban Nature
Explorer:
Urban Sustainability
Nature Based
Process sustainability goals and
Solutions
Impacts!
challenges targets
Urban Nature
Explorer:

Project area
Urban Nature
Explorer:

Challenges
 Challenge
description
Urban Nature
Explorer: Baseline data,
scenario and target

Goals, indicators
and targets

Indicator goals

Stakeholder
satisfaction
Challenge Implementation
period
Nature-based
solutions Available budget

Indicators:
baseline,
projection, target

Amenities Stakeholder
satisfaction
Overall score
Amenities

Nature-based
solutions
Urban Nature
Explorer:

Impacts
dashboard
Urban Nature
Atlas The most Produced as the Database Includes 1000
comprehensive result of a development: interventions from
database of urban systematic survey July – August 2017 100 European
NBS in Europe cities
www.Naturvation.eu/atlas

Upcoming database
update, late 2020.
Links q Urban Nature Navigator: https://naturvation-navigator.com/

q Urban Nature Explorer (pilot version): https://naturvation-

explorer.herokuapp.com/

q Urban Nature Atlas: www.Naturvation.eu/atlas

Sara Maia Please visit: www.naturvation.eu

maia@ceu.edu or follow us @naturvation

Funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework

Programme of the European Union
Grant Agreement No 730243