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Welcome to this Inspiration Portfolio showcasing good examples of spatial planning and design projects that work with soil rather than against it. This platform brings together projects, strategies, and tools that explicitly consider soil as a structuring element in spatial planning and design. Its aim is to inspire planners, designers, policymakers, researchers, and practitioners by making soil-inclusive approaches visible, comparable, and accessible.
The examples are organised through different entry points, allowing you to explore projects from multiple perspectives and identify those most relevant to your own context or challenge. In addition, the portfolio highlights instruments that help bridge gaps between disciplines that do not yet routinely collaborate, as well as practical tools for working with soil in spatial planning and design projects. It also points to other soil-focused communities and initiatives, encouraging exchange and learning beyond this platform.
On the pages below, you can explore soil-inclusive planning and design examples from practice, organised by different entry points. Browse by:
Families of best soil practices
Complete overview: browse them yourself!
Spatial planning and design never starts from scratch: we always work in a context with existing ambitions, and existing spaces and development dynamics. Explore how soil can be integrated in your context.
Leveraging soil in existing planning concepts
Soil measures for different spatial morphologies
Explore the tools and approaches that help different disciplines work together on soil-conscious planning.
Instruments for Interdisciplinary Co-creation
Examples of application in SPADES
Explore practical tools and methods to support soil-inclusive spatial planning and design.
Take a look at how soil is currently integrated in European directives, regulations and strategies.
Discover other communities and networks working to integrate soil into planning and design.
Other Soil-in-Planning Communities
This work was supported by the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme [grant agreement No. 101146122]. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or DG REA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.