Spatial accessibility to urban green spaces in Brussels Capital Region and its surroundings

Blog, Nature-based solutions, Urban forests

Spatial accessibility to urban green spaces in Brussels Capital Region and its surroundings

29 June 20210

The benefits of urban green spaces (UGS) are significant for increasing the rate of physical activities, general improvement of health and ensuring an improved socialization culture in a society. The associated benefits are also essential for quality of life and wellbeing improvement. However, in many cases, UGS and therefore the benefits they provide are unevenly distributed in cities, which raises issues of environmental justice.

Blog, Nature-based solutions, Urban forests

Leisure or motorised traffic in Brussels Central Park? Who wants what

15 June 20210

About a year ago, I introduced in this blog Brussels’s Bois de la Cambre and the contention that was taking place to maintain or not motorised traffic through the park. In the post’s conclusion I was reflecting on the fact that, despite an apparent consensus on the importance of urban forests, in scarce urban land choices need to be made to arbitrate between mismatching priorities, ranging from providing space for leisure and the possibility to enjoy nature, to granting privileges to a country’s elites, or develop motorized mobility infrastructure.

NBS events, Urban forests

Urban Forestry Days (23-24 March 2021)

27 January 20210

The European Forest Institute (EFI), the European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF) and the Horizon 2020 CLEARING HOUSE project organized two days of integrated activities on urban forestry (March 23-24 2021). This on-line event is targeted at advanced practitioners, established researchers, sector leading policymakers and those wishing to learn of the latest developments in Europe and beyond. A special focus for this conference is Sino-Europe collaboration. The conference will be run in English with Mandarin translation.

Urban forests

CLEARING HOUSE at Biocities – towards establishing an EFI facility on Urban and Periurban Forests

18 February 20200

Our project coordinator will be present at Biocities to talk about our work and other #urbanforest related issues!

Urban forests

CLEARING HOUSE presented during a session of the World Forum on Urban Forests

14 February 20200

Our representatives were at the wfuf milano calling / world forum on urban forests from 21-22 November 2019 at the Milan Triennale, a session of the World Forum on Urban Forests which will present the main and most advanced Urban Forestry projects on an international scale.