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Wiki source code of Living Green City Graz

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3 **Entry No **
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5 ECOWISE - 1
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8 **Strategic area(s) **
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10 NBS
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12 Citizen Science, Cultural and Creative
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15 **Name of partner **
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17 EcoWise (Hyunji Cho)
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20 **Resource / link **
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22 **LIVING GREEN CITY Graz: https:~/~/www.green4cities.com/living-green-city-graz-3d-gruen-3d-beteiligung/ **
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25 **Location, Description of intervention/project **
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27 Graz
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30 **Geographical scale of the project **
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32 City district but the testbed is around two blocks within the city
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35 **Background information  **
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37 Graz – like other cities in Central Europe – is experiencing a high population growth, the reason why construction activities increasingly put pressure on green urban spaces and their potential uses. One implication is increased conflict and controversy about the remaining spaces and a reduction of the quality of life. After all, green spaces are crucial catalysts for clean air and a healthy environment as well as for social interaction in public spaces.
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39 We started searching for ideas to make cities more green beyond greening vacant spaces and exploring the possibilities of ‘vertical greening’ of cellars, roofs or walls of both private and office buildings. We call this a ‘3d approach to greening the city’. Citizen participation, both planning and implementation of urban green infrastructure were important aspects of this approach and should help exploit its potential, while ensuring ownership, acceptance and sustainability.
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42 **Objectives defined **
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44 the establishment of a specific testbed/lab zone to explore new approaches for living green infrastructure development in the Waagner-Biro district. 
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46 The project has targeted existing as well as planned buildings and spaces within the district. Technical, economic, social and philosophical perspectives have been considered.
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48 The overall objective of the project “Green and Resilient City” is the reduction of the UHI effect in existing and future city quarters by optimizing the implementation of green infrastructure. The project has four main objectives:
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50 1. A “proof of concept” of a control loop and tool set for the regulation, improvement and evaluation of green and climate-sensitive urban (district) planning – including a green and open space factor as an urbanistic index and planning tool, the GREENPASS® as an optimization tool for the microclimatic effects of green infrastructure on the plot and district level, the MUKLIMO_3 Stadtklimamodell as an evaluation tool for the mesoclimatic effects on urban level as well as Cosmo-CLM as a regional climate simulation model;
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52 2. Visualization, assessment and adjustment of the climatic effects and sociocultural ecosystem services of different urban green infrastructure in the green and open space factor as well as in the different climate models and simulations;
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54 3. Development of a procedure for the harmonization of the instruments and models as well as clarification of the interfaces of the climate models and of the opportunities for planning.
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56 4. Testing and evaluating the tool set using two case studies to analyze the different areas of application of the tool set for green and climate-friendly urban (district) planning.
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59 **Metrics used **
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61 Temperature (micro scale), size of green and blue infrastructure (m2 and percentage), socio-culture diagram (openness, participation), ecology diagram (spatial quality, biodiversity, microclimate, macroclimate, circular economy), economy diagram (establishment, receive, resources, innovation)
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64 **Diversity dimension and findings **
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69 **Result summary **
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71 The results of this research project are qualitative and, where possible, quantified analysis, statements and concepts with regard to the technical, social and economic viability of living green urban infrastructure.
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73 There have also been realised a set of prototypes and described concrete policy measures for the multi-dimensional development of new and existing urban green infrastructure, green areas and spaces in the testbed. The most important and applicable lessons learned to other future smart city projects have been described.
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75 It requires both, “hardware” (investment-related, structural, spatial and technological measures) such as the corresponding “software” (care, processes, communication, cooperation, knowledge, accompaniment, anchoring) to transform a city into a living, related, inclusive and resilient green habitat.
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77 Interdisciplinarity is part of the solution. Interdisciplinary cooperation takes time; carefully preparation and open-mindedness at the same time; as well as the appreciative, interested and inquisitive attitude of all involved disciplines / sectors / stakeholders to arrive new and better integrated solutions.
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79 In the long term, therefore, the crucial framework conditions and priorities can be adapted in such a way that multi-dimensional Green Urban Infrastructure is no longer only the wish of all stakeholders, but realizable and realized reality.
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81 The full power of communication, inclusion, and health unfolds Urban green spaces, when the people who use, revive and reproduce them every day, are part of it. And if their interests and needs, their everyday knowledge, and their ability to take part, are part of ideas, planning and transformation processes since of the beginning.
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84 **Input for DivAirCity and action items **
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86 * The way of presenting both qualitative and quantitative data. Diagrams include qualitative factor (e.g. socio-cultural factor)
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88 * Action item: we can possibly find the way to visualise once we collect and analyse the qualitative factors (e.g. by comparing 5 case studies and rank them)
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90 * The emphasis of interdisciplinary approach
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92 * Action item: we can highlight the interdisciplinary approach of DivAirCity team and its challenges and implications in the introduction chapter 
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94 * Policy measures
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96 * Action item: the policy measure including community participation is drawn from the testbed case study. Therefore, observing and keeping records about the processes of the city participation and case study would be very valuable.  It can be difficult to be articulated in WP 2 (e.g. data framework) but will be important for other WPs and the overall project.
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