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NBSINFRA

When Resilience Embraces Nature

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ECOTEN Urban Comfort is collaborating with CVUT to manage and monitor

The impact of nature-based urban design infrastructure in Prague

Technologies to support their development in the city as part of City Lab Prague

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What is NBSINFRA

NBSINFRA aims to enhance the resilience of local urban critical infrastructures against both natural and human-made threats by collaborating on the development of Nature-based solutions (NBS) that contribute to societal resilience in the face of climate change.

How ?

By collaborating on the development of Nature-based solutions (NBS) that contribute to societal resilience in the face of climate change.

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The project’s goal is to demonstrate that NBS are not only technically feasible for protecting critical infrastructures but are also socially acceptable and cost-effective at the local level.
Moreover, NBS are intended to significantly empower communities by increasing their ecological, social, and economic resilience.

How will this be achieved ?

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NBSINFRA plans to establish five representative European regions, each with an equal number of "City Labs."

These labs will assess the cost-effectiveness of NBS in safeguarding local infrastructure and aim to maximize impact through solutions owned and co-created by citizens, end-users, managers, and civil society. NBSINFRA intends to provide a practical toolkit for various stakeholders and society as a whole, enabling them to compare and select the most effective NBS for protecting local critical infrastructures. The overarching goal is to support the enhancement of local urban critical infrastructure protection against threats through collaborative efforts in NBS design, monitoring, and creation, thereby fostering a sustainable and resilient society.

Assessing the Heat Vulnerability of Prague

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ECOTEN urban comfort is using earth observation and Czech census data to assess the heat vulnerability of Prague

An urban heat vulnerability map was prepared using earth observation and Czech census data for the whole of Prague which contains all the city lab sites except UCEEB Building. From this, the urban heat vulnerability index for each of the city lab areas withing Prague were obtained. 

Outdoor Comfort Assessment of the Prague City Lab Site: Ceskobrodska School Area

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ECOTEN urban comfort is simulatng the urban microcliamte to assess the outdoor thermal comfort of the Ceskobrodska School premises

The simulation of the urban microclimate using SOLENE-microclimate provides valuable information on the impact of the built environment in the school. Using the data produced from the simulations, the outdoor thermal comfort of the premises is assessed using the comfort indicator called Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI).
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