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Torfaen County Borough Council REVIT: A Review of Sustainable Brownfield Revitalisation Approaches TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction..............................................................................................................2 2 Sustainable Indicators and Best Practice .............................................................4 3 France.......................................................................................................................8 4 Germany.................................................................................................................10 5 The Netherlands ....................................................................................................12 6 United Kingdom.....................................................................................................15 7 Brownfield Indicators............................................................................................22 8 Case Studies ..........................................................................................................24 9 Key Considerations from the Case Studies ........................................................38 10 Conclusions ........................................................................................................41 11 Bibliography........................................................................................................42 12 Glossary ..............................................................................................................45 0014021/R01 i Contents
Torfaen County Borough Council A Review of Sustainable Brownfield Revitalisation Approaches 1 Introduction 1.1 Client Brief 1.1.1 Jacobs Babtie (JB) has been commissioned by Torfaen County Borough Council to undertake research that will contribute to a trans-national European project titled: “Towards More Effective and Sustainable Brownfield Revitalisation Policies (REVIT)”, 1.1.2 The commission has been undertaken in accordance with Jacobs Babtie Tender Document dated 16 July 2004, which was produced in response to the Brief for Consultants dated 24 June 2004 and Jacobs Babtie’s confirmation of scope of works dated 31 August 2004 (Ref 14021/1/JS/JM/CR/01). The commission focuses on two key aspects of this European project, which are: • The conservation and promotion of industrial heritage; and • Sustainable principles and methodologies when re-developing Brownfield sites. 1.1.3 These aspects of have been presented within two separate reports. This document presenting the information collated with respect to sustainable principals for Brownfield site development. 1.1.4 The findings of the review of conservation and promotional industrial heritage are present in the following JB report. • REVIT a Review of Conservation of Cultural Heritage Assets of Brownfield Sites. Ref:14078 /JM/001 dated November 20004. 1.2 Background to the Commission 1.2.1 The REVIT project is an INTERREG IIIB project that aims to develop joint approaches to the development, management and promotion of Brownfield sites. The project has six partners in four European countries and two main parts theses are Area Specific Projects and Common Co-operation Initiatives. The two parts are discussed below: Table 1 summarised the partners. Table 1 REVIT countries and their partners Country France Germany The Netherlands United Kingdom Area Specific Projects (APPGs) Partner Communaute Urbaine de Nantes The City of Stuttgart The City of Tilburg The City of Hengelo Torfaen County Borough Council (Wales) Medway Council (England) 1.2.2 APPGs comprise the planning, development and implementation of projects specific to each partner, for example the physical redevelopment of a disused railway terminal in Stuttgart. Common Co-operation Initiatives (CCIs) 1.2.3 The CCIs relate to Brownfield site development. The CCIs, aim to enable partners to share best practice, learn from one another and develop joint 0014021/R01 2 Fehler! Formatvorlage nicht definiert.
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