Toolbox

Defining specific projects and interventions in the neighbourhood, aligned to the conceptual structure of the Neighbourhood Plan, allows the plan to come to life. In previous participatory activities, actions and interventions were proposed and spatialized in the neighbourhood. In this activity, the technical team builds on these results, and considers the findings of Block D: Analysis and Diagnosis to consolidate the specific urban interventions and other strategic projects at the neighbourhood scale.

Projects and urban interventions should solve and respond to more than one goal defined in the Vision, i.e., their benefits address various challenges and their implementation is capable of triggering different beneficial processes for the city. The technical team consolidates a list of proposed projects, which can be classified and prioritized according to their implementation time frame (short, medium, long term) or type:

• Project: Physical/Tangible modifications to the urban environment, such as urban design interventions, new building, etc. 
  Within projects, tactical interventions/pilot projects can also be identified.
• Normative/Regulation: Changes or the development of regulations and/or public policies.
• Program: A longer-term initiative that entails coordination and governance to achieve an outcome (e.g. sustainable mobility program, climate resilience program, etc.)

The identified projects and interventions should be aligned with the planning legal framework requirements (Legal Framework Review Activity). It is also important to verify their compatibility with the available resources (Financial Resources Review Activity) and elaborate a financial strategy. This activity provides a tool to support the estimated calculation of costs for the projects and interventions (T40 Preliminary Estimation of Costs), but this will be further developed in Phase 3 Operationalisation, where projects are prioritized and mechanisms are defined for their implementation.

By the end of this activity, the planning document can already consolidate the vision, goals, targets or strategies, projects and interventions for the neighbourhood.