CABERNET Concerted Action on Brownfield and Economic Regeneration Network

Country: EU Projects
Start Date:           Duration:          Project Type: Network
Contract Number: EVK4-CT-2001-20004
Organisation Type:  EC Project
Topics: 
Brownfields
Contaminated land-->Cost benefit analysis-->Cost benefit analysis overview
Contaminated land-->Cost benefit analysis-->Tools
Contaminated land-->Mega-sites
Contaminated land-->Remediation options-->Remediation options overview
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Tools and procedures
Contaminated land-->Risk management-->Strategies
Contaminated land-->Site investigation-->Site investigation overview
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Assessment tools
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Economic
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Environmental
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Social
Project objectives:
The Concerted Action on Brownfield and Economic Regeneration Network (CABERNET) is a multidisciplinary network comprising of 8 expert stakeholder groups 
that aims to facilitate new practical solutions for
Project Summary:
The Concerted Action on Brownfield and Economic Regeneration Network (CABERNET) is a multidisciplinary network comprising of 8 expert stakeholder groups 
that aims to facilitate new practical solutions for urban brownfields. CABERNET shall enhance the rehabilitation of brownfield sites, according the context
of sustainable development of European cities, by the provision of an intellectual framework for coordinated research and development of tools.
Achieved Objectives:
The CABERNET group of involved stakeholders (including financiers, technology suppliers, academics and other researchers, landowners, developers, regulators 
and policy makers, local authorities, community interaction groups, and professional advisors) 1. achieved a better awareness and shared understanding, 2. organized the collection of information on baseline positions, 3. identified key issues. The Working Groups consisting of mixed stakeholders 1. could achieve a better awareness and shared understanding across stakeholders, 2. reviewed on a multi-disciplinary basis key sustainability and cross cutting issues in relation to brownfields The obtained results from the working groups and stakeholder groups were integrated into a final report highlighting a holistic perspective of the state
of the art and existing research gaps.
Product Descriptions:
Summary      
      
Finding solutions for brownfield sites is an increasingly important part of effective policies aimed at a sustainable future for land and in particular 
cities. In order to facilitate new practical solutions for urban brownfields development a set of approaches and tools were developed for 1. improving awareness and enhancing understanding of brownfield issues across the professional disciplines, 2. developing a conceptual model for brownfield issues, 3. highlighting research gaps and proposing coordinated research activities across different sectors and countries, 4. identifying best practice approaches and other valuable tools for practitioners. CABERNET available resources: 1. State of the art country profiles information Product: Report 2. CABERNET Conceptual models Product: software 3. Brownfield development Product: case study 4. Brownfield standards and tools Product: database
Additional Information:

            
Project Resources:

Regeneration of Sites in Cities and Urban Environments

CABERNET State of the Art Profiles: Austria

CABERNET State of the Art Profiles: Belgium Flanders

CABERNET State of the Art Profiles: Belgium Wallonia

CABERNET State of the Art Profiles: Finland

CABERNET State of the Art Profiles: France

CABERNET State of the Art Country Profile: Germany

CABERNET State of the Art Profiles: Greece

CABERNET State of the Art Profiles: Ireland

CABERNET State of the Art Profiles: Italy

CABERNET State of the Art Profiles: Netherlands

CABERNET State of the Art Profiles: Portugal

CABERNET State of the Art Profiles: Spain

CABERNET State of the Art Profiles: Sweden

CABERNET State of the Art – Country Profile: UNITED KINGDOM

CABERNET Case Study: Stora Mosson

CABERNET Case Study: Sharston Industrial Estate, Wythenshawe, Manchaster

CABERNET Case Study City of Hamm in the Northeast of the Ruhr Valley

CABERNET Case Study: Norra Aelvstanden (Northern River Shore), City of Gotenburg

CABERNET A-B-C Model

CABERNET State of the Art – Country Profile Denmark

CABERNET 2005 - Proceedings of First International Conference on Managing Urban Land

www.cabernet.org.uk - website of the EC Concerted ACtion on Brownfield and Economic Regeneration Network

CABERNET State of the Art Profiles: Poland
Weblink:
http://www.cabernet.org.uk
Funding Programme(s): 
EC Framework Programme 5
Link to Organisations:

Land Quality Management
Submitted by: EUGRIS Team Prof Paul Bardos  Who does what?  03/07/2003 17:48:00
Updated by: EUGRIS Team Professor Paul Bardos  Who does what?  29/09/2006 16:01:00