The Handbook of the European Commission "Evaluating the impact of nature-based solutions" it was released in the beginning of may, to help decision - makers:inside and practitioners:the interior in the development of scientifically valid Monitoring and evaluation plans for the evaluation of nature-based solutions (NbS). 17 of the EU-funded NbS projects and cooperating institutions have contributed to the development of the manual.
Dr.-Ing. Julita Skodra, Institute of Urban Public Health (InUPH), a member of the comet-Field to the city of health, has contributed to several sections of the manual and was a coordinating lead author of Chapter 2 (principles of the NbS performance and impact assessment). She has contributed to the interdisciplinary discussions with the theoretical foundations of the city health and sustainable development, as well as the practical experiences with the evaluation of NbS from the EU-funded SMART Cities project.
The Handbook presents a series of robust indicators and methods to assess the impact of nature-based solutions in 12 societal challenge areas.
2025 competence in the field of urban research UA Ruhr
