Horizon NEB: Sustainable Urban Design to Reduce Soil Sealing
Funds two €7.5M projects that help cities and regions cut soil sealing through beautiful, inclusive and sustainable design.
Soil sealing removes the living functions of soil when land is covered by buildings, roads or hard surfaces. Cities and regions need ways to grow and adapt without losing water infiltration, biodiversity and healthy places to live.
This topic funds demonstration projects that use sustainable urban and territorial design to reduce new sealing and restore or reuse already sealed land. Proposals sho…
Demonstrating urban and territorial design approaches that reduce soil sealing while supporting climate resilience, biodiversity, water management and liveable communities. Projects should combine New European Bauhaus values—sustainability, aesthetics and inclusion—with practical planning, nature-based solutions, reuse of land and measurable soil outcomes.
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