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-          In the London Rivers Action Plan, there are several examples of multi-purpose restoration. For instance, the design of the restoration of the Quaggy was driven by a multi-disciplinary scheme, which enabled wider community and environmental benefits to be achieved. Demonstrating multiple benefits has enabled a wider range of funding sources to be approached for future schemes. Similarly, in the case of restoring the Mayesbrook Park in London a “mosaic” funding model could be applied, with numerous funding partners collaborating to deliver multiple benefits in the project.

-          Also in the case of the Oslo city strategy for de-culverting streams and rivers, an important lesson learned from the development and implementation of the strategy is that multi-functionality is very important to consider. Several ecosystem services have been considered and justified the de-culverting efforts in Oslo throughout the last decades, with improved urban stormwater handling as a starting point. In addition, several other services required due attention in the implementation of such a strategy, in order to to ensure good and operational inter-agency cooperation within the city administration (including agencies responsible for the implementation of the WFD and planning agencies seeking to maximise the usefulness and attractiveness of green areas). When de-culverting projects took place in public open spaces, substantial additional financial resources could in some cases be provided that allowed for developing landscape blue-green solutions with high aesthetical and multi-functional value.