2013 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 09:53:30 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "Blueprint for reusing Europe's old industrial sites"
 
Blueprint for reusing Europe's old industrial sites

Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS)
European Commission
September 19, 2013

In densely populated Europe, the effective use of all available land is essential for economic growth. In this context, so-called 'brownfields' - abandoned or underused industrial and commercial facilities - provide an opportunity to turn such land into productive areas.



However, such sites are often contaminated and therefore need to be cleaned up and made safe before they can be turned into productive areas for local communities. Clean-up can be a costly endeavour, difficult and take a lot of time. These barriers mean the reuse of brownfield sites remains low.



The EU-co-funded project TIMBRE ('An integrated framework of methods, technologies, tools and policies for improvement of brownfield regeneration in Europe') is working to overcome the barriers to redeveloping brownfield sites.

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For the entire article, see
http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch? CALLER=EN_NEWS_FP7&ACTION=D&DOC=1&CAT=NEWS&QUERY=014135d4b450:16c8:27066 65e&RCN=36078

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Lenny Siegel
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