Environment & Climate Change, clean air, pollution, environment, green infrastructure, public transport, green urban spaces, climate crisis
Sant Boi Respira + Verd (Sant Boi breaths + Green, Catalonia)
Sant Boi Respira + Verd (SBR+V) is an initiative that establishes the foundations of a new model of urban green space, of higher quality, better managed and adapted to future climate scenarios, with actions that have been carried out since 2024 and continue in 2025.
It is a strategic and transformative project to improve and transform the city’s urban green space.
Challenges addressed
It is a transformative project that wants to take a big step forward towards a new model of urban greenery, with more ‘naturalized’, diverse and adapted gardening to climate change.
Main objectives
The objective is for there to be:
- More green spaces
- More diverse
- Of higher quality
- In all neighborhoods
- Better connected to each other
- Better connected with the natural environment
- With more biodiversity
- And vegetation adapted to climate change
- New health spaces for people
- Shelter and food for wildlife
External resources
Facts
Project type Urban Environments
Partners SBR+V has the support of the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), financed by the European Union with NextGenerationEU funds.
Dates 15/07/2023-15/12/2025
Funding Funded by the European Union and with alliances (more information about funding). Total of 4.036.461,76€
Project description
SBR+V consists of the planning, expansion and improvement of the green and blue infrastructure of the municipality, with the aim of converting Sant Boi into a reference for a biodiverse, sustainable, resilient and healthy city; which understands green as an educational, creative and constructive element of a collective identity, uniting the different urban spaces and connecting them with the natural environment.
The green infrastructure of the city corresponds to the sum of the different garden spaces, tree-lined avenues, and green areas of the municipality. It provides citizens with a series of basic services: spaces for leisure and physical activity, shaded and well-being areas with lower temperatures, improved air quality, etc. At the same time, it also serves as a refuge and source of food for fauna.
Citizens involvement
The active involvement of citizens is essential for the success of this project. During the months of June and July, participatory sessions were held in schools and workshops and walks open to citizens to collect ‘in situ’ proposals on some of the planned actions. Sessions have also been held at the Sant Boi Children’s Council. The participation process will continue over the coming months.
Impact and results
An initiative deserving of a subsidy of 3,743,010.99 euros that will allow the creation or renovation of 65,000 m² of green spaces, as well as defining the future renaturalization strategy of the city.
It includes actions such as the creation of new parks, the improvement of existing ones, the reinforcement of tree planting in the streets or the renaturalization of school playgrounds. Between 2024 and 2025, action will be taken on a total of more than 65,000 m2 of green spaces.
Publications & main documents
Climate shelters in the schools (video)
Sustainable courtyards in the schools (video)
Examples of climatic shelters and schools’ transformations (case by case, in Catalan):
- Patufet Pre-School
- Tramuntana School
- Martí Dot High School
- Monmany and Pau Vila Schools
- Fabregas Pre-School and Mestral School
- Mestral School
Future actions: Renaturalization of schoolyards (forseen for summer 2025)
RELATED CONTENT
Outstanding actions of SBR+V: you can discover here the different actions implemented or to be implemented in the fields of collaborative projects and green and blue areas:
- New green and blue spaces and connectors
- Renaturalization of existing parks
- Renaturalization of school playgrounds
- Urban agriculture living laboratory
- Community and therapeutic gardens
- Green itineraries for improving health
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