Redirect spatial planning and design practices to support provision of ecosystem services
Support circularity in terms of sustainable, local and energy solutions (e.g. aquifer thermal energy storing, aquathermal energy, geothermic heat, etc.)
Follow novel approaches in housing, which limit land take and soil sealing
Reduce soil pollution by mitigating negative externalities (e.g. pollution, contaminations, emission) and enhance restoration
Conserve and increase soil organic stocks
Reduce the EU global footprint on soils
Transit to healthy soils to facilitate the restoration of the natural system, and thereby its potential to deliver ecosystem services
Improve soil structure to enhance soil biodiversity
Use green, gentle and sustainable remediation
Stop soil sealing and increase reuse of urban soils
Transform polluted, flooded and private owned brownfields into other uses (e.g. public parks, housing)
Follow novel approaches in housing, which limit land take and soil sealing