EDITUA

The project addresses the identified challenge with several concrete solutions. In the theoretical work, we will develop a comprehensive EDITUA model: an overarching scheme for a data-driven decision-making process based on a predefined library of interventions and evaluations that consider explicit criteria and all engaged stakeholders. Second, we will build and iteratively develop a digital tool — EcoUrban Composer — combining simulation and evaluation engines within an approachable, game-like graphical user interface. With these tools, consortium partners will run pilot actions in multiple cities to test the tool’s applicability and its simulation and evaluation capacities. Lessons learned will be synthesized through comparative studies and compiled into an EDITUA handbook of good practices and policy recommendations. The handbook will translate pilot insights into practical guidance, templates and metrics to support replication, scalability and community-led urban regeneration across diverse contexts. The project prioritises inclusivity, transparency and measurable environmental and social outcomes across scales.

The EDITUA project will deliver a practical, scalable instrument that operates on three integrated levels—technological, procedural and social—to catalyse community-led green placemaking. Core results include the EcoUrbanComposer digital tool and an operational protocol that together enable inclusive, game-like co-design, data-driven decision-making and transparent evaluation. Through pilots in Poznań (PL), Tallinn (EE) and Volos/Larisa (GR), we expect measurable environmental and social gains: increased local participation, improved stewardship of underused public space, enhanced urban biodiversity, and demonstrable reductions in local carbon and resource use. The project will produce a comparative handbook of validated practices, policy recommendations and open-source toolkits to support uptake and replication. Benefits will reach residents, municipalities and planners by strengthening local capacities, reducing the risk of green gentrification, and providing governance-ready metrics to guide equitable, resilient and affordable urban regeneration at scale. Long-term impacts include strengthened cross-city networks, new stewardship roles and meaningful evidence to influence policy and funding.