Association - GeoIKP User Guide
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The GeoIKP Platform
What does GeoIKP mean?
GeoIKP stands for Geospatial Information Knowledge Platform and serves as a hub for sharing knowledge on Nature-based Solutions (NBS).
What are Nature-based Solutions?
Nature-based Solutions are solutions inspired and supported by nature, which are cost-effective, simultaneously provide environmental, social and economic benefits and help build resilience.
What is this platform about?
On the GeoIKP, you can
→ explore and browse Nature-based Solutions around the world, and
→ get guidance through the first steps for starting your own Nature-based Solution project.
Who is behind the GeoIKP?
The GeoIKP was developed within the H2020 OPERANDUM project.
Before you start exploring
Get inspired! Start browsing Nature-based Solutions around the world:
What is the difference between the NBS Catalogue and Best Practices?
→ The NBS Catalogue offers more than 500 Nature-based Solution case studies which are added to the platform by users. These case studies are presented in a semi-standardised way, thus, you can easily filter them e.g., by flooding. Here you can find more guidance on the NBS Catalogue.
→ The Best Practice selected collection of case studies from the project providing you with more detailed information including risk assessment, information on the implementation of Nature-based Solution, policies, and much more. Here you can find more guidance on Best Practices.
How do you start your own Nature-based Solution project? Follow these steps and get started:
How can these tools help me start my own Nature-based Solution project?
Browse through stories written by citizens and associations that started from similar starting points as you. They talk about how they got started, which challenges they faced and how they eventually overcame these challenges. Here you can find more guidance on the Citizen Stories and also how to share your own story!
You already know the problem/hazard in your area and want to get recommendations for which Nature-based Solution could be suitable for your area? Go to the NBS Toolkit, enter your location and problem/hazard and the toolkit will suggest you possible Nature-based Solutions. Here you can find more guidance on the NBS Toolkit.
You have decided on a Nature-based Solution and try to get funding or permission for it? You will need to consider different legislation and policies. Permitting Paths presents you examples of what you might need to consider to get the permission for building the Nature-based Solution. Here you can find more guidance on the Permitting Paths.
You learnt about potential legislation/policies that you need to consider? Check them out in the Policy Catalogue! Here you can find more guidance on the Policy Catalogue.
NBS Catalogue
Browse Nature-based Solutions around the world!
Where do all these Nature-based Solution case studies come from?
The case studies are all crowdsourced - meaning that any user can add case studies to the NBS Catalogue! Are you aware of any Nature-based Solutions in your area? You can add them to the catalogue by using the tool: Contribute → Add your NBS. Here you can find more guidance on the Add your NBS.
How do you make sure the case studies are of good quality?
All entered Nature-based Solutions are reviewed by OPERANDUM experts. You can see in the top right corner of each solution whether they are reviewed or pending review (see image below).
Best Practices
What are Best Practices?
Best Practices are selected esxamples from Nature-based Solutions that were tested in projects. Here, you can find more detailed information location, problems, and how Nature-based Solutions are implemented to solve these problems.
Citizen Stories
How to start a Nature-based Solution project?
Learn from citizens and associations starting their projects, which challenges they faced and which solutions they found:
NBS Toolkit
What does this toolkit offer?
This NBS Toolkit suggests you Nature-based Solutions that could be suitable for your area.
These 5 steps (image below) will guide you through the NBS Toolkit. You can always go back by clicking on the buttons.
Step 1 (criteria):
All you need to do is to set the 'criteria':
1. select one hazard
2. an area of your interest, and
3. click ‘Analysis’
Step 2 (interventions):
After clicking on Analysis, you will a list of suitable solutions. Here, you can either
1. make a quick check of the NBS,
2. check the NBS in more detail, or
3. compare an NBS with other NBS.
Step 3 (compare):
You have selected 2 to 5 Nature-based Solutions? Compare them by clicking on the compare button (see image below) which appears in the middle at the bottom of the page after adding at least one Nature-based Solution to compare.
After clicking on this orange button, you will get to a page where you can see all selected Nature-based Solutions.
Step 4 (future):
This step is still under development and will be available soon.
Step 5 (co-creation):
Now, you have selected one or more Nature-based Solutions which could be suitable for your area and you have explored how the hazard might change in the future (Step 4); thus, the final step is to actually start designing and planning the solution. In this co-creation step, you can explore furture steps to do to get started with your Nature-based Solution project.
Interactive Map
Are you looking for information on an area of your interest? For example, which soils are there?
This interactive map offers you a lot of maps to explore! Compare different maps to see whether the are is suitable for your Nature-based Solution. Below you can see the main functions of this interactive map:
Policy Catalogue
Are you looking for policies related to flooding? Or other policies?
Here, you can browse more than 2000 policy documents (mainly from Europe)! To find policies faster, you can search by country, by key word, or set filters:
Permitting Paths
What is a permitting path?
A Permitting Path is a path from planning a Nature-based Solution and reviewing all policies and legislations that need to be taken into account until the official permission to implement the planned Nature-based Solution.
What does this tool offer?
We have analysed different permitting paths from Nature-based Solutions in Europe and summarised them in a more general permitting path. The permitting path is always different depending on the country, Nature-based Solutions, etc. but you here we have summarised the main policies that you might need to consider for your Nature-based Solution project. Main policies can be related to:
→ Environmental legislation
→ Hazard and ecosystem legislation
→ Administrative legislation
→ Building & Landscape legislation
Check out how a permitting path could look like?
Simply select an OPERANDUM case study (so-called OAL) from the drop-down menu and browse through the different legislations:
Add your NBS
Do you know any existing Nature-based Solutions?
Yes, then share it with the community by adding it to the NBS Catalogue:
Go step-by-step through this form (image below) and fill as much information as you know. Fields marked with an * are mandatory to be filled.
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