REVIT Towards more effective and sustainable brownfield revitalisation policies

Within North-West Europe six partners have come together to improve regenerating their brownfield sites by sharing experience and developing new concepts 
and innovative approaches.    
    
Revitalisation of brownfields     
In every country and in almost every city of North-West Europe (NWE), there are brownfield areas that need to be revitalised in order to preserve or improve 
the quality of urban living conditions. The revitalisation of brownfields may enhance coherent urban development, but can also create new employment and 
stimulate the local economy. Ultimately revitalising brownfields for a variety of future utilisation preserves new building land and makes cities aware 
of that value.     
    
Six partner areas     
The approaches to regenerate brownfield sites in North-West Europe are manifold and differ due to the specific national legislation and administrative 
instruments or the local economic situation.     
Nevertheless, the six partner areas involved in the REVIT project confront problems in the context of brownfield regeneration that are in essence very similar 
and need to be tackled more effectively by improved co-operation within the NWE region.     
    
New approaches     
Until August 2007 the transnational working teams will develop new approaches for different aspects of brownfield regeneration. To ensure the practical 
realisability of the new approaches the teams will be testing the new tools in each partner area before publishing final guidelines and recommendations.