Activities


Workshop: Making urban nature count!

VACARESTI

Centre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies in partnership with Society for Urban Ecology – South Eastern Europe Chapter, Research Institute of University of Bucharest – ICUB, IALE Romania, and Romanian Society of Geography – Bucharest branch are inviting you to attend the workshop – Making urban nature count! to be held in Bucharest, September 8-10, 2022. The workshop will be a part of CIVIS HUB 4 meeting Bucharest, – Nature in Cities, Territories, and Mobility, September 8 – 11th, 2022.

The workshop aims to cover topics related to the human-nature interactions in urban fabric: typologies, drivers, consequences, feedback loops, beneficiaries, or perceptions.

Preliminary schedule

September 8th, 2022 (University of Bucharest, Șoseaua Panduri 90, floor 1, room Mihăilescu)

9.00 – 13.00 – CIVIS Meeting HUB4 – Cities, mobilities and territories

9.00 – 9.15 – Opening session (Vice Rector of University of Bucharest, CIVIS responsible of University of Bucharest, Dean of the Faculty of Geography)
9.15 – 9.30 – Short report of CIVIS – HUB 4 activities (Fanny Sbaraglia)
9.30 – 10.30 – Roundtable CIVIS projects in HUB4 – Lessons to learn for the CIVIS 2 (10 minutes for each project)
10.30 – 10.45 – Coffee break
10.45 – 11.30 – Students experiences in CIVIS – HUB 4 (3-4 presentations)
11.30 – 12.30 – Meeting of CIVIS HUB4 groups for establishing further activities.
12.30 – 13.00 – HUB4 Declaration related to CIVIS 2 (challenges for CIVIS2, ambitions, approaches)
13.00 – 15.00 – Lunch

15.00 – 19.00 – Parallel workshops

  1. Workshop Making urban nature count! organizers Center for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, ICUB, CIVIS HUB4, Society for Urban Ecology and IALE Europe (University of Bucharest, Șoseaua Panduri 90, floor 1, room Mihăilescu).
    • 15.00-17.00 – Forms of nature interactions in cities
    • 17.00-17.30 – Coffee break
    • 17:30 -19.00 – Nature integration in urban planning using participatory practice
  2. Workshop CIVIS Open LABS – drivers of transformational change for nature and people (University of Bucharest, Șoseaua Panduri 90, floor 1, room CA).
    • Open Labs projects presentations – those projects with nature impact
    • University initiatives of nature and community engagement
    • Q&A.

20.00 – 22.00 – Official dinner

September 9th, 2022 – Bucharest city field trips

9.00 – 13.00 – Urban nature between the city walls (practical application in Văcărești Nature Park – Carol Park)
13.00 – 15.00 – Lunch
15.00 – 18.00 – Memory of place – investments and changes in urban areas

  • Parliament Palace and surroundings
  • Basarab bridge – a driver of change
  • Grivita brewery – old industrial site

19.00 – 20.00 – Walking tour of Bucharest historic center.

September 10th, 2022 – Constanța city (with the support of Department of Geography from University Ovidius Constanța)

9.00 – 18.00 – Urban nature in coastal cities – Constanța city in one day (Constanta harbor, Constanta Old Center, Museum of Navy, Mamaia beaches).

We expect your contributions for these sections which can provide a significant support for debates in urban ecology. In each section 1-2 PhD students can present a short talk about the topic.

Registration and fees
There are no fees for participation at the workshop. Only the fieldtrip in Constanța on September 10th, 2022 requires participant fees (maximum 50 euro).

For registration, please follow the link: Registration form

Venue
University of Bucharest, Șoseaua Panduri, nr. 90, Bucharest, Romania