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UNaLab NBS technical handbook factsheets
The UNaLab NBS Technical Handbook Factsheets aim to provide inspiration and easily digestible information on a range of nature-based solutions and is directed towards practitioners.
Municipal governance for nature-based solutions
This executive summary of the UNaLab municipal governance guidelines provides an overview of the guidelines, touching on the key findings and takeaways from the report.
UNaLab NBS booklet
This booklet gathers the experiences, key learnings and best practices from the Horizon 2020 UNaLab project on how to plan, develop and implement nature-based solutions in an urban setting together with local stakeholders and citizens.
Urban Living Lab handbook
With this Living Lab Handbook, you can learn how to develop an Urban Living Lab, based on the lessons learned, research and practical experience from the UNaLab project.
Inspiration cards - English version
The UNaLab project has created five sets of inspiration cards, which aim to spark new ideas and enrich discussions within cities looking to adopt nature-based solutions, by presenting insights from the work and findings in the project.
Inspiration cards - Spanish version
The UNaLab project has created five sets of inspiration cards, which aim to spark new ideas and enrich discussions within cities looking to adopt nature-based solutions, by presenting insights from the work and findings in the project.
Public procurement of nature-based solutions
This report provides an overview of the major challenges facing NBS procurers in the EU, along with case studies of success in addressing those barriers across nine European cities, including the three UNaLab front-runner cities.
Business models and financing strategies for NBS
This report provides city planners with examples of business models for selected nature-based solutions (NBS), as well as potential financing strategies that could support NBS implementation and operation efforts.
Evaluating the impact of nature-based solutions: A handbook for practitioners
The handbook aims to provide decision-makers with a comprehensive NBS impact assessment framework, and a robust set of indicators and methodologies to assess impacts of nature-based solutions.
Handbook on implementation and adoption barriers of Urban Living Labs developing nature-based solutions
This handbook aims to identify and explore some common barriers, and provide cities with an understanding and a tool that can be used to strategically address barriers to the adoption of Urban Living Labs.
NBS demonstration site start-up report
This report illustrates the development and implementation of the Urban Living Labs NBS demonstration sites in the UNaLab project front-runner cities Tampere, Eindhoven and Genova.
UNaLab project summaries of key resources for the adoption of NBS
In its five summary documents of key resources for the adoption of nature-based solutions (NBS), the UNaLab project presents its main tools, handbooks, reports, lessons learnt and experiences that can be used by various stakeholders in creating a supportive environment for NBS in cities and in the different phases of the adaptive management cycle.
NBS best practices booklet
The UNaLab NBS best practices booklet gathers experiences, best practices and recommendations from the UNaLab project, with the aim to support present and future NBS planners, designers, implementers as well as end-users in the adoption of nature-based solutions.
NBS implementation handbook: A summary for practitioners
This publication presents a high-level summary of the highly detailed Nature-Based Solutions Implementation Handbook.