DUT at the EUI Nature Restoration Regulation capacity-building event

What is a vacant site worth, and to whom?

Every vacant site in a city sits between two green goals. The Nature Restoration Regulation asks that urban green space doesn't shrink, and that it grows after 2030. But building on vacant land inside the city also spares nature outside of it. So should a site be built on, greened, or left wild? The answer often depends on who you ask.

On 21 October, DUT runs a workshop at the European Urban Initiative's event on the Nature Restoration Regulation in Vienna. Led by Poznań University of Technology, the City of Poznań and Bax Innovation, it looks at one real vacant site in Poznań and asks how its value changes depending on what it becomes and who it serves. Following EDITUA's Urban EcoComposer approach, cities assess, compare and discuss plans for a vacant site and leave with a practical approach they can use in their own cities.