The methodological approach is broken down in four project components. In its starting component, RESCUE will for the first time integrate the concept of sustainability into the subject of derelict land regeneration in order to identify indicators that determine the sustainability of brownfield projects. These criteria are the basic input for the subsequent examination of the current state of the art of brownfield regeneration in the participating countries. Both technical and planning aspects will be analysed in terms of sustainability and improved tools for the different steps in regeneration projects will be developed. The results of these technical and planning related work packages will in parallel of RESCUE be validated by a Stakeholder & Validation Team in order to test their applicability and feasibility for different end-user requirements. Drawing on the validation exercises, European Best Practice Approaches to brownfield re-development will be generated which will be integrated into a holistic approach to sustainable brownfield regeneration. Special attention is to be paid to forming training facilities to improve the performance of brownfield regeneration throughout Europe.
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Development of an analytical sustainability framework Component I will provide the essential analytical background for the evaluation of current brownfield redevelopment and decision making practice in Component II. Work package 1 will develop the general yardstick to benchmark the success of brownfield redevelopment in terms of sustainability. This includes a precise definition of the term "sustainabilityÓ in the context of brownfield regeneration. The work package on sustainability criteria will work towards this objective on the basis of existing international approaches towards such definitions. Several institutions are carrying out research on what constitutes sustainable development. Until RESCUE, there has been little or no research on what constitutes sustainable brownfield regeneration.
Moreover, this Component serves the task of analysing the political, social and economic framework of the participating countries and regions. Without this, the case study projects and their specifications cannot be fully understood. With this scope, Component I sets the general framework for the following work packages.
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Analysis and evaluation of the current practice in brownfield regeneration, development of tools This component of work will be a thorough international analysis and evaluation of current practice in brownfield re-development, leading to the development of tools for the enhancement of sustainability related to the applied methods and technologies. The analytical structure follows the essential steps of regeneration projects with decision making needs and impacting on the overall sustainability of projects. The research undertaken will be structured along engineering work packages 2 and 3, planning work packages 4 and 5 and work package 6 on management and integrated methodological approaches.
International communication/dissemination of results This part of the project is the major element to allow communication of the intermediate results and the progress of the project with those parties that are not directly involved in the conduction of work, although potential users of the results. Principally, this component aims at meeting the requirements of end users by means of involving them in the project execution process. The means to achieve this objective are
- | development of a Virtual Training Centre (work package 7); | - | establishment of a Stakeholder & Validation Team (work package 8); | - | structured dissemination of the findings of the project (work package 9). |
Final Report / Manual of an European System Approach for Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration Component IV respectively work package 10 will draft up the final report of RESCUE. The key element of the final report will be the Manual of a European System Approach for Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration. It will conclusively integrate the validation feedback into a holistic system approach that may be used throughout the European Community as well as in EU Accession States.
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