Line of action:

Urban environments

Status:

En ejecución

Location:

Gijón (Asturias)

Execution date:

2022

Duration:

01/07/2022-31/12/2025

ECORESILIENT encompasses the renaturalization of spaces through regenerative gardening, the increase of urban permeability and the improvement of habitat connectivity. The project incorporates an important research part in the development of technosoils, from the recovery of waste. It also includes the development of collaborative and innovative actions with schoolchildren and residents to contribute to the renaturalisation of the city.

It is a comprehensive project that encompasses the renaturalisation of spaces -to advance in the balance between nature and artificialisation-, the increase of urban permeability -to improve the development of plant life and increase the efficiency of the water cycle and limit the impact of floods- and the improvement of the connectivity of habitats -in order to advance in the increase of biodiversity-.

One of the main innovations incorporated into the project is the production of technosoils, soils from the recovery of waste (hydrochar and biochar) that will be produced and applied in gardening to analyse their suitability and which, in addition to contributing to the circular economy, will be a technological challenge to improve soil fertility. in a sustainable way, and that in the future they can become a viable and marketable product. For their part, the techniques used in regenerative gardening, such as the Stockholm System, will serve to provide the city with sustainable drainage, improving the efficiency of the water cycle, while providing substantial improvements for plant life. All the actions will be carried out in three areas of intervention: the urban basin of Calle Brasil, where the flood surface has reached 5,360 square meters and the accumulated volume up to 890,713 liters; the urban area of the Pilón river basin in Moreda and the urban area of the Molín canal basin in Viesques, areas made up of very little permeable spaces. Both the rain gardens and the environmental micro-connectors will be configured to increase the city’s biodiversity.

The involvement of citizens in the creation of mini-forests will increase their awareness of nature and articulate a system of citizen collaboration in this area for the future.