Integration of the subsurface and the surface sectors for a more holistic approach for sustainable redevelopment of urban brownfields

This paper presents a holistic approach to sustainable urban brownfield redevelopment where specific focus is put on the integration of a multitude of subsurface qualities in the early phases of the urban redevelopment process, i.e. in the initiative and plan phases. Achieving sustainability in brownfield redevelopment projects may be...

BALANCE 4P - Balancing decisions for urban brownfield redevelopment: Technical report of the BALANCE 4P project of the SNOWMAN Network coordinated call IV

Land take as a result of urbanization is one of the major soil threats in Europe. One of the key measures to prevent further urban sprawl and additional land take, is redevelopment of urban brownfields: underused urban areas with, in many cases, soil and groundwater pollution. The latter issue can be a bottleneck for redevelopment of brownfields...