Scientist - GeoIKP User Guide

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Last updated: Dec 14, 2022
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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.

Who is behind the GeoIKP?

The GeoIKP was developed within the H2020 OPERANDUM project.

Before you start exploring

What does this platform have to offer?

On the GeoIKP, you can

→ browse Nature-based Solutions around the world and get evidence on their effectiveness,

→ explore local characteristics of NBS case studies, and

→ find NBS related datasets. 

 

This platform encompasses an extensive Data Catalogue for storing, publishing and sharing data related to Nature-based Solutions. Explore the catalogue and find data from local to global scale and of different data types (from policy to spatial data). You can download the data from the catalogue (or its source) or you can use the data in the Interactive Map.

As part of the OPERANDUM project, Nature-based Solutions were implemented and are being monitored and assessed towards their effectiveness to reduce hazards such as flooding, drought, eutrophication, coastal erosion, and salt water intrusion. Explore these case studies and their results in more detail in Best Practice.

Explore the area of an NBS case study on the Interactive Map by firstly choosing an NBS case study of your interest in the NBS Catalogue. Secondly, click on ‘Explore this NBS in a local context’. You will be redirected to the Interactive Map where you can choose the layers for your analysis.

Register & Sign-in

Do I need to register and log in to use the platform?

Actually, you don’t need to! But you can get more benefits and features when you do! For example, you can review your added content. It’s getting complicated? First start browsing the platform and think about registering later!

 

If you decide to register, simply click on the button in the top right corner and sign up:

Step 1: Sign up

Enter your details and click on the ‘Register’ button.

 

 

Step 2: Sign in

Log in with your email address and password

 

 

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.

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).

 

 

Search and filter the Nature-based Solutions for your needs!

The blue search bar offers to search for and filter Nature-based Solutions.

1. Type your keywords in the search field or select filters for a specific Nature-based Solution Type or Hazard (if you click on the two arrows, you will get more filter options).

2. Select your choice and press the search button.

3. The results will be shown on the map and listed underneath the map. 

What do these filters mean?

→ Hazard: hydrometeorological hazards (e.g., flood & drought).

→ Intervention Type: The actual NBS that was chosen to be implemented (e.g., green roof).

→ Ecosystem: local landscapes (e.g., forest).

→ NBS Approach: the degree of intervention in nature (e.g., conservation, management).

→ Target: the SDG targets the NBS is tackling (e.g., water management).

→ Policy Level: the level where policies influence the implementation (e.g., local or global).

 

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.

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.

Note: This tool is a prototype and will experience further development in the near future.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

Data Catalogue

Browse, store, and share NBS related datasets:

 

Your Feedback

You wish to share some thoughts with us?

Send us an email: info[at]kajoservices.com