| Title: |
Manual: Best practice guidance for sustainable brownfield regeneration
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| Resource Type: |
document --> guidance / decision support
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| Country: |
EU Projects
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| Year: |
2005 |
| Availability: |
Rescue Consortium (2005) Manual: 'Best practice guidance for sustainable brownfield regeneration'
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Rescue Consortium
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| Author / Producer Type: |
EC Project
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| Format (e.g. PDF): |
PDF
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Brownfields
Contaminated land-->Contaminated land overview
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| Short description: |
The regeneration of brownfield sites and their return to beneficial use has gained
particular significance in the European Union over the past 10 years. Despite the
presence of such sites in often inner city locations, the consumption of valuable
open space resources by means of greenfield development could not be decreased. Quite
the opposite, the recent enlargement which built the Europe of 25 has further aggravated
the brownfield problem.
In consideration of this situation, many research projects and networks have been
launched to facilitate brownfield regeneration. However, RESCUE is the first project which
was designed to integrate the diverse disciplines and stakeholders which are involved in
brownfield regeneration in order to satisfy both the demands of sustainable development
and the different socio-economic, legal and political conditions in its participating
countries. The concrete and substantial result of this research project is the Manual.
To meet this holistic approach, 14 partners representing brownfield regeneration practice,
research and regulation established the RESCUE consortium. The overall objective of the
project was to learn from current practice in the participating countries, all of which
boast long years of experience in regenerating brownfield sites, in order to develop an
integrated approach for the sustainable regeneration of brownfield sites in Europe.
The Manual gives the flavour of all the substantial tools that RESCUE has produced:
The RESCUE Sustainability Assessment Tool (RESCUE-SAT) which provides
a methodology for a site specific ex ante evaluation of intended brownfield
projects in terms of sustainability which should be used as a precondition for
planning permissions and public funding;
Administrative Tools and Incentives for sustainable brownfield regeneration
which suggest a framework to support sustainable brownfield regeneration;
End-user tools for sustainable brownfield regeneration which enlarge the
practical toolbox to support (more) sustainable outcomes;
VTC Virtual Training Centre which provides web based training resources for
sustainable brownfield regeneration.
Representing the project’s final result, the Manual at hand is for the first time presented to
the public at the RESCUE International Conference – Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration
in Europe, at the Academy Mont-Cenis in Herne, Germany on May 11, 2005.
We thank the European Commission for supporting RESCUE within the 5th Framework
Research Programme and thus essentially contributing to the project’s success.
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Submitted By:
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Dr Stefan Gödeke WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 09/10/2006
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