Urban River Regeneration Through Nature Inclusive Quays: Breda GreenQuays, the Netherlands
摘要
The project titled “Breda Green Quays”, located in the Municipality of Breda, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands started in September 2019 for a period of three years. The thematic sustainability area the project focuses on is primarily ‘environmental’. As per the reports of the municipality government, Breda is struggling with unsustainable urbanisation, degradation of urban ecosystems, and lack of resilience to climate change. GreenQuays was initially proposed to test a complex set of transferable and innovative solutions for renaturing urban rivers in dense downtown areas with insufficient space for developing natural riverbanks. The solution is centered on an innovative Nature Inclusive Quay (NIQ) technology that is specifically designed to support the development of a complex vertical ecosystem, providing favourable conditions for flora and fauna. GreenQuays also builds on systemic innovation, integrating climate-responsive, spatially regenerative, restorative, and economically empowering approaches.