Stad Oostende: SCAPE

2 Seas Legacy in motion: Adaptation to Climate Change

With the Groen Lint or Green Ribbon, Ostend is giving
its green south side a new appearance.

Site visit exchanging experiences on city development, cocreation, temporary use, European projects,...

On September 18th, the mayor of Middelburg, an elderman of Middelburg and several employees visited Ostend.

A journalism student had a look at the EU goals and the projects in Ostend that relate to climate change adaptation.

The city river is awarded by Living City! The visibility and the importance of the landscape in designing the public realm is rewarded!

Here we summarize some main achievements of SCAPE.

This year's annual event highlighted the achievements of 2 Seas cooperation, and explored new destinations for the future.

The SCAPE partners were finally able to meet and visit the Brighton urban pilot and the Kent rural pilot. We are very happy to see the wonderful results of years of work with SCAPE.

To mark World Water Day (Tuesday 22 March), we’re highlighting the innovative work being done to reduce the risk of flooding to properties in a vulnerable part of Brighton & Hove.

Part of the Zwin area was a pilot project in SCAPE.

During our project, we worked hard to find a method and tool to assess the landscape and possible interventions in being climate proof.

We just had our last partnermeeting, online once more.

During the drop-in days the ideas and results of the urban pilot were explained.

This movie gives you insights in the pilot sites and the principles in adapting the landscapes.

The event is part of a final conference of SCAPE and Triple C and an exchange of experience with co-organiser Cool Towns. These projects have received funding from the Interreg 2 Seas programme 2014-2020 co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

Op woensdag 8 september organiseert Stad Oostende een heuse eendjesrace in de nieuwe Cityriver op de Oosteroever! Kinderen uit de wijk die jonger dan 13 zijn kunnen het tegen elkaar opnemen.

The event is part of a final conference of SCAPE and Triple C and an exchange of experience with co-organiser Cool Towns. These projects have received funding from the Interreg 2 Seas programme 2014-2020 co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

FoodSHIFT 2030 has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 862716.

Two interesting lectures took place in the pilot site Gardens of Stene.

The city river is completed!

Join a professional storyteller for 2 magical hours in the woods at Lullingstone Country Park.

We proudly present a publication on Landscape Led Design.

Our colleague Kathy Belpaeme from Foodshift 2030 was interviewed.

Works started March 3d to capture 360 m³ of water underground.

Check out what this urban fringe area looks like today! Isn't it nice that we can have these kind of perspectives?

Work is ongoing, the city river is under construction!

Work is progressing quickly on the floodplain near Shoreham as part of our Interreg 2 Seas SCAPE and #HeritageFund project.

During an online lecture about climate change, the project SCAPE is mentioned.

The Horizon2020 project FOODSHIFT 2030 (Food System Hubs Innovating towards Fast Transition by 2030) was launched with an event on Oct 2 and 3.

Samenwerking Afvalwaterketen Zeeland (SAZ +) partners visited the Middelburg pilot site.

The city of Ostend participated in the congres of public space today.

The urban pilot of Ostend is submitted for the VLARIO innovation award.

The project SCAPE will end one year later than originally planned.

Essenvelt is the fringe pilot site of SCAPE in the Netherlands.

The Gardens of Stene are a fringe pilot in Ostend (BE) that is completed within the Interreg 2 seas project SCAPE. This pilot led to another project: FoodSHIFT.

Altough Middelburg suffered difficulties due to legal issues, all infrastructural works were carried out.

The project SCAPE (Shaping Climate Adaptive PlacEs) developed a technical tool that determines to what extent the concept of Landscape Led Design (LLD) can be standardised for water management solutions.

City of Ghent visits Gardens of Stene

The Gardens of Stene in Ostend have been officially opened!
De opening van de Tuinen van Stene vond plaats op 8 juni!

As both project work on climate change resilience, partners meet and discuss similar goals and topics.

Met de doorbraak van de Internationale Dijk is het Zwin op de Belgisch-Nederlandse grens 120 hectare groter geworden.

Yesterday both partners of Middelburg and Oostende - de Stad aan Zee - had a bilateral meeting to discuss the progress made in the Gardens of Stene. Right above, you have a view of the pergola (under construction). More pictures of these lovely gardens in full transition will follow soon!

We have received some impressive drone images that give a nice overview of the Zwin pilot.

Have we killed our open green spaces?

On November 13th 2018, a closing event will be held in Ostend on the topic of sustainable agriculture and productive landscapes. The Gardens of Stene were selected as a pilot project.

Scheldestromen Waterschap ontwikkelde in het kader van SCAPE een klimaattest. 

A few years ago when a (public) place had to be designed, you would call an architect, a designer or a landscape architect, or a team that would combine a mix of knowledge and skills. They would do some research, and design a scheme to be built.

At least twice a year the partners of the project come together. This partnermeeting was hosted by the municipality of Middelburg.

In September 2018, the results of the water balance study for the Belgian coastal area were presented and discussed. The study will be finalised in November.

Come and see the future plans for the gardens of Stene. Have a look at the cohousing projects and of course the developments of a foodpark.

The gardens of Stene project has been invited to the IABR - the International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam.

About 20 students of the University of Brighton visited the Gardens of Stene and the Victorialaan in Ostend.

A call for abstracts was launched on the theme 'Nature Based Solutions for Urban Resilience'. Members of the SCAPE partnership drafted a paper and it was selected for an international conference in Milan.

Andrew Coleman explains how two current research projects are aiming to develop ways of using landscape and green infrastructure to adapt to climate change and deliver better water management.

On May 14th the Assessment Panel considered the tender proposals for the pilots sites in Brighton and Hove.

On april 26th, the fifth partner meeting was held in Ostend.

The City of Ostend has been awarded the 'Grote Openruimtebeker' by the VRP.

SCAPE, TOPSOIL and SALFAR, three INTERREG 2 Seas Mers Zeeën projects held a conference together.

A fantastic meeting day with different Interreg Two Seas projects.

The last climate tests took place in Kent (Darent Valley) and Brighton & Hove (Patcham & Norton Road).

Different experts looked into the Zwin site.

A guided tour and site visit was organised with a specific focus on senior people.

Inspiring visit, in the context of the second bilateral meeting between Ostend & Brighton to see SuDS principles in action.

The third partner meeting took place in Middelburg, the Netherlands

Interested in the progress made so far? Have a closer look!

A second climate test took place in Middelburg where the project site of Essenvelt was examined thoroughly by various experts.

Students of the Sint-Ursula Institute gained insight into the developments on the Ostend East Bank.

The pilot projects of Ostend are picked up on this website that gathers worldwide examples on climate resiliency:

Project meeting between Ostend and Brighton & Hove to discuss the progress in the two urban coastal landscape pilots.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then is a video worth a million? Take a closer look at the 'what', 'how' and 'why' of SCAPE.

A first cross-border seminar took place in February in the new Zwin Visitor Centre. Through mutual learning and exchange activities the project disseminates new LLD solutions.

To gain better insights into the effects of climate change, 2 SCAPE pilot sites (Oosteroever & Gardens of Stene) were thoroughly examined by several experts.

At this second partnermeeting topics such as Landscape Led Design and the Climate Test were discussed. We also made the preparations for a first seminar.

The SCAPE project was explained to the 'Algemeen Bekken Overleg' in the castle of Tillegem in Bruges.

The partners visited the Gardens of Stene and the Oosteroever.
Alle partners bezochten de Tuinen van Stene en de Oosteroever.

All partners, the facilitator and the Joint Secretariat were present for the first meeting of SCAPE.

Oostende neemt de leiding in een Europees project rond klimaatverandering. Hierover vond op maandag 8 augustus een persmoment plaats in het Stadhuis, gevolgd door een plaatsbezoek aan de site van de Tuinen van Stene.

Het klimaat is aan het veranderen en ook voor Oostende heeft dit gevolgen. Zo wordt verwacht dat er steeds meer regen zal vallen op Oostendse bodem. Om hierop te anticiperen haalde Oostende een groot Europees project 'SCAPE' binnen.

Verbruiken we meer water dan wat er binnenkomt? Is verzilting echt een probleem aan de kust? En waar zijn de problemen het grootst? De Provincie West-Vlaanderen en de Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij organiseren een studiedag 'Waterbalans en verzilting in de Kustzone' op donderdag 4 april van 14.00 tot 17.00 uur.