Line of action:

Urban environments

Status:

En ejecución

Location:

Benidorm (Alicante, Valencia, Spain)

Geographic scope:

España

Line of research:

Urban Environments

Execution date:

2023

Duration:

01/07/2023-31/12/2025

Total budget:

3.140.495,87€

Amount of aid from the Biodiversity Foundation:

2.946.099,17€

Benidorm City Council

Benidorm is vulnerable to climate change. An increase in climatic extremes (torrential rains, droughts, heat and cold waves) is predicted, putting the natural environment at risk (fires, water stress, degradation of ecosystems, etc.) and the urban environment at risk. Benidorm is threatened by the risk to both citizen welfare and its socioeconomic viability, affecting tourism, based largely on its benign climate and with a large share of the aging population. The guiding idea of the project is to preserve and enhance the natural qualities of the periphery and the urban grid, creating a green structure that allows an optimal interconnection between the two. The proposed actions are aimed at improving the ecosystems of the periphery and the interior, eliminating barriers to pedestrian and wildlife mobility, using regenerated water surpluses and participatory and governance structures as vectors of empowerment and protection.

• Executive Renaturalization Plan
• Green Belt Restoration
• Connection of the natural environment with the urban environment
• Reclaimed water network (Europa and Aigüera branches)
• Reclaimed water in gully beds (El Xixo gully)
• Regeneration of blue environments (El Murtal and Els Tolls ponds).
• Street trees (Rincón De Loix, Levante, downtown, Foietes)
• Creation of micro-parks
• Tree planting in park and ride lots
• Creation of an Oasis Nursery
• Inclusive and sustainable schoolyards
• Plant surfaces in municipal buildings.
• Green firebreaks with reclaimed water intakes and cannons
• Governance and participation plan
• Communication and awareness plan
• Measurement and monitoring plan