Monitoring the sustainability of Brownfield redevelopment projects. The Redevelopment Assessment Framework (RAF)

Pediaditi, K.

doi:10.2462/09670513.665

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“…On the positive side, developers did see themselves carrying out such processes in the short term future and made recommendations to overcome the procedural issues which have hindered uptake thus far. In response to these results the authors have developed and trailed the Redevelopment Assessment Framework RAF described in [6] and [38]. This is a process which is designed to integrate existing evaluation tools into the UK planning decision making processes in a participatory way and which aims to develop context specific and holistic assessments of BRP with the aim of increasing industry utilisation.…”

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“…BRPs often have the characteristic of requiring remediation which may also have sustainability impacts [38] and thus should be evaluated. However, a review of the tools in Table 1 as well as the literature [39][40][41][42], it was established www.witpress.com, ISSN 1743-3541 (on-line) that there is no tool designed to evaluate holistically the sustainability of remediation and reclamation schemes.…”

Section: Potential For Sustainability Evaluation Throughout Land Use mentioning

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Evaluating brownfield redevelopment projects: a review of existing sustainability indicator tools and their adoption by the UK development industry

Pediaditi¹,

Wehrmeyer²,

Burningham³

2006

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 94

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There is a plethora of sustainability indicator tools, yet their capacity to monitor the sustainability of Brownfield redevelopment projects is questionable. Furthermore, there is a lack of knowledge about the actual extent to which these tools are being utilised by the development industry. This paper reviews the applicability of sustainability indicator tools to Brownfield redevelopment projects and assesses their capacity to evaluate sustainability throughout the life cycle of such projects, from project conception, design and planning, through construction and remediation to operation and recycling. The results of a survey sent to more than 900 developers in the UK exploring how, and to what extent they assess or monitor the sustainability of their developments are presented. Results indicate that currently there is no sustainability indicator tool designed specifically for brownfield redevelopment projects, and that uptake of existing tools in the development industry is poor. The paper concludes by considering developers' own proposals to overcome the barriers to the adoption of such tools.

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Evaluating brownfield redevelopment projects: a review of existing sustainability indicator tools and their adoption by the UK development industry

Pediaditi¹,

Wehrmeyer²,

Burningham³

2006

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 94

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“…The conversion of stakeholder views, aims, aspirations, concerns and interests into relevant evaluation criteria is undertaken via a sequence of workshops, wherein stakeholders state, discuss and then collectively agree their principal criteria for evaluation. An example of how this process may be undertaken is given by Pediaditi et al [4].…”

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“…Examples of monitoring strategies currently available that can be used in the assessment of an urban greenspace establishment project, or in the design of an assessment package for such a project include the Redevelopment Assessment Framework (RAF) [4], A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation [5], and Prove it! [6].…”

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Brownfield sites turned green: realising sustainability in urban revival

Doick¹,

Sellers²,

Hutchings³

et al. 2006

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 94

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Greenspaces in the urban environment are widely recognised for their importance in the creation of healthy and sustainable communities. Greenspace establishment on reclaimed brownfield land is an important mechanism for reviving the urban environment. However, greenspace establishment impacts not only social but also environmental, ecological, economical and cultural dimensions. The identification of successes and failures within brownfield regeneration, through qualitative and quantitative evaluation, is paramount for demonstrating whether projects have attained their primary objectives, offer value for money and are sustainable. Currently, tools available for such evaluation fail to evaluate the true plethora of impacts of greenspace establishment and, hence, sustainability. This paper summarises over 110 identified impacts which could be used as evaluation criteria. The development and implementation of a toolbox based on the evaluation criteria is discussed, that would offer a means of determining monitoring needs on a site by site basis and a viable means of evaluating local or national impacts for a variety of urban greenspaces. The final product would provide a defensible mechanism by which redevelopments could be shown to have succeeded, according to a composite of individual functional aspirations and impacts. The lessons learnt through implementation of our toolbox would benefit future projects, enable Best Practice to be demonstrated and improved upon, and identify areas where benefits are not being fully realised.

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“…Inevitably, trade-offs must occur when designing a method for sustainability assessment (Bartke and Schwarze 2015). Stakeholder involvement is an important part of sustainability assessment for restoration and remediation projects to provide more robust and acceptable assessments (Cundy et al 2013, Pediaditi et al 2005, in accordance with the Bellagio principles (Hardi and Zdan 1997).…”

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Optimising value from the soft re-use of brownfield sites

Bardos

Jones²,

Stephenson³

et al. 2016

Science of The Total Environment

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Soft re-use of brownfields describes intended temporary or final re-uses of brownfield sites which are not based on built constructions or infrastructure (‘hard' re-use). Examples of soft re-uses include the creation of public green space. These are essentially uses where the soil is not sealed. Often the case for soft re-use of brownfields has not been easy to demonstrate in strictly financial terms. The purpose of this paper is to describe a value based approach to identify and optimise services provided by the restoration of brownfields to soft re-uses, on a permanent or interim basis. A ‘Brownfield Opportunity Matrix' is suggested as means of identifying and discussing soft restoration opportunities. The use of ‘sustainability linkages' is suggested as a means of understanding the sustainability of the services under consideration and providing a structure for the overall valuation of restoration work, for example as part of design or option appraisal processes, or to support the solicitation of interest in a project

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Monitoring the sustainability of Brownfield redevelopment projects. The Redevelopment Assessment Framework (RAF)

Cited by 29 publications

References 7 publications

Evaluating brownfield redevelopment projects: a review of existing sustainability indicator tools and their adoption by the UK development industry

Evaluating brownfield redevelopment projects: a review of existing sustainability indicator tools and their adoption by the UK development industry

Brownfield sites turned green: realising sustainability in urban revival

Optimising value from the soft re-use of brownfield sites

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