Successful implementation of green urban development (SIGS)

The project is an initiative of Stadswerk (an association of municipalities, organisations and professionals involved in the physical living environment), in collaboration with Wageningen University & Research and Stichting De Groene Stad (The Green City Foundation).

Collaboration

In the project, we collaborate with 11 (medium) large municipalities in several regions of the Netherlands that pioneer in integrating vegetation in their urban development plans. These municipalities contribute practical expertise and experience and serve as a location for several pilots within which concepts and expertise are developed. Staatsbosbeheer (National Forest Management) is involved through their Green Metropolis programme. Furthermore, networking organisations aimed at sustainable urbanisation, urban vegetation and two architectural bureaus are linked to the project, with which opportunities and bottlenecks for functional vegetation can be explored.

Structure

The project aims for the following:

• Developing a systems overview Green in Urban Development;
• Implementing pilots in 11 municipalities;
• Implementing national working sessions with, among others, national branch organisations and platforms and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality;
• Developing tools for green urban development;
• Disseminating and implementing tools through, for example, workshops and journals