Ensuring Sustainability in Brownfield Revitalisation as PDF
Ensuring Sustainability in Brownfield Revitalisation as PDF Ensuring Sustainability in Brownfield Revitalisation as PDF
The Process Many environmental goals do not arise from legal obligations but from future-oriented improvement opportunities. Stakeholders must therefore be informed about new possibilities and opportunities and to be convinced as to their usefulness and necessity. Tilburg uses the environmental profile to make the following aspects clear in spatial development projects: a) The relevant environmental quality criteria In the Environmental Profile Process the municipality presents the applicable legal and municipal environmental criteria in a clear way. Tilburg’s environmental policy, for example, contains ten themes that have to be taken into account during city planning developments: water, green areas and nature, mobility, use of space, noise, air, soil, external safety, energy and waste. The environmental profile makes clear which of these environmental aspects are relevant for the project in question. b) The accents in opportunities and tasks The same (high) levels of environmental quality cannot and need not be attained everywhere. Selectivity is considered necessary. Thus, in the Environmental Profile Process, special attention is given to the critical feasibility test for environmental ambitions. In this context the added value of the environmental goals for the plan have to be made clear to the parties involved. The co-operation of all development partners is essential for achieving these goals that often exceed legislation requirements. One of the innovative tools that are used in this process is that of imagery. Images of new technologies and successful projects aim to stimulate the relevant planners and stakeholders to advance their thinking beyond merely complying with the minimum legal requirements. Development parties may be persuaded by pointing out the ease of use and how these have been applied elsewhere as well as showing the cost savings that can be achieved. The Environmental Profile Process serves the municipality during the various project phases by giving an attractive view of the environmental opportunities and tasks. c) The activities and agreements When environmental opportunities are identified in a project, there is still often a long way to go before they can be agreed upon and implemented. Agreements are thus important, including feasibility studies, variation studies, etc., as well as agreements about the way in which the intended environmental quality level can be guaranteed. It is advisable for purposes of continuity that all agreements are recorded. Points of departure, preconditions and parties may change, and parts of the plan may be altered or highlighted during the development stage. That means that the environmental profile has a progressive nature and is not static. Design for Living 14
An essential aspect for the success of the environmental input is its contiguity with the The Planning development of the planning process, both in terms of Process the process itself and the substance of the process. The creation of the environmental profile should take place alongside the planning process in order to produce a meaningful profile. A spatial development area with various sub-projects may have a number of different environmental profiles. Attractive instead of restrictive In Tilburg, for example, it is important that the environmental input supports the distinctive character of the various neighbourhoods as is striven in wider city planning policy. An essential factor in the process is that the relevant environmental information is supplied at the right time. Timely debate about ambitions and bottlenecks makes it possible for the parties to search for integral solutions together. Local water management and healthy living conditions may then become attractive subjects for discussion instead of restrictive pre-conditions. Defining the Needs The Environmental Profile Process plays a key role in the whole planning process. This role changes in different spatial development phases from initiation, definition, design, adoption and implementation, including management. As in planning, the environmental profile continuously becomes more defined as the process continues. The correlation between the customary planning project phases and the input from the environmental profile is as follows: ■ initiation: the first draft of an environmental profile provides research questions for a good reconnaissance and analysis of the planning process Agreeing the Use ■ definition: the environmental profile contains the initial objectives, the environmental programme of demands as part of the programme of demands ■ design/vision: the environmental profile is highlighted in conjunction with other programme aspects. The environmental profile is presented in an attractive way for the involved parties in terms of its further development ■ embedding in the formal spatial development plan (art. 19 procedure or zoning plan) and the project agreement; the environmental profile provides components for the basis of the spatial development and the environmental paragraph (elucidation of the plan) and possibly regulations. 15
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An essential <strong>as</strong>pect for the success of the<br />
environmental <strong>in</strong>put is its contiguity with the<br />
The Plann<strong>in</strong>g development of the plann<strong>in</strong>g process, both <strong>in</strong> terms of<br />
Process the process itself and the substance of the process.<br />
The creation of the environmental profile should take<br />
place alongside the plann<strong>in</strong>g process <strong>in</strong> order to<br />
produce a mean<strong>in</strong>gful profile. A spatial development<br />
area with various sub-projects may have a number of different<br />
environmental profiles.<br />
Attractive <strong>in</strong>stead of restrictive<br />
In Tilburg, for example, it is important that the environmental <strong>in</strong>put<br />
supports the dist<strong>in</strong>ctive character of the various neighbourhoods <strong>as</strong> is<br />
striven <strong>in</strong> wider city plann<strong>in</strong>g policy. An essential factor <strong>in</strong> the process is<br />
that the relevant environmental <strong>in</strong>formation is supplied at the right time.<br />
Timely debate about ambitions and bottlenecks makes it possible for the<br />
parties to search for <strong>in</strong>tegral solutions together. Local water management<br />
and healthy liv<strong>in</strong>g conditions may then become attractive subjects for<br />
discussion <strong>in</strong>stead of restrictive pre-conditions.<br />
Def<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the Needs<br />
The Environmental Profile Process plays a key role <strong>in</strong> the whole plann<strong>in</strong>g<br />
process. This role changes <strong>in</strong> different spatial development ph<strong>as</strong>es from<br />
<strong>in</strong>itiation, def<strong>in</strong>ition, design, adoption and implementation, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
management. As <strong>in</strong> plann<strong>in</strong>g, the environmental profile cont<strong>in</strong>uously<br />
becomes more def<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>as</strong> the process cont<strong>in</strong>ues. The correlation between<br />
the customary plann<strong>in</strong>g project ph<strong>as</strong>es and the <strong>in</strong>put from the<br />
environmental profile is <strong>as</strong> follows:<br />
■ <strong>in</strong>itiation: the first draft of an environmental profile provides<br />
research questions for a good reconnaissance and analysis of the<br />
plann<strong>in</strong>g process<br />
Agree<strong>in</strong>g the Use<br />
■ def<strong>in</strong>ition: the environmental profile conta<strong>in</strong>s the <strong>in</strong>itial objectives,<br />
the environmental programme of demands <strong>as</strong> part of the programme<br />
of demands<br />
■ design/vision: the environmental profile is highlighted <strong>in</strong> conjunction<br />
with other programme <strong>as</strong>pects. The environmental profile is<br />
presented <strong>in</strong> an attractive way for the <strong>in</strong>volved parties <strong>in</strong> terms of its<br />
further development<br />
■ embedd<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the formal spatial development plan (art. 19 procedure<br />
or zon<strong>in</strong>g plan) and the project agreement; the environmental profile<br />
provides components for the b<strong>as</strong>is of the spatial development and<br />
the environmental paragraph (elucidation of the plan) and possibly<br />
regulations.<br />
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