Ensuring Sustainability in Brownfield Revitalisation as PDF

Further Information
Information flow and continuous learning is crucial for any project’s
success. The outputs from the REVIT project are as manifold and complex
as the revitalisation process of a brownfield site itself. REVIT has developed
an innovative way to share the information gained from this project to guide
others through this complex network of information in a way that is easy to
follow, but one that illustrates that the key REVIT issues are all interconnected
and should not be considered out of context of the whole.
All the project outputs are available in electronic format and can be accessed
free of charge via the Internet in the form of the REVIT Self-Guiding Trail.
Contained in this are:
■ background studies
■ reports on assessment of transnational formal/legal differences
■ written presentations of best practice examples
■ articles and lessons learnt from joint pilot projects
■ checklists and toolkits
REVIT Self-Guiding Trail
The internet-based REVIT Self-Guiding Trail is designed to provide experts,
practitioners and students with a guided route to access information from
the experiences, recommendations, new findings and innovative methodologies
of the REVIT project. The information has been structured in such as way as
to allow each visitor to find the appropriate detail of information they are
looking for: through a tiered system of categorised information and links to
documents, starting with simple recommendations and leading to more
detailed documentation should the visitor wish to know more.
The REVIT Self-Guiding Trail starts with the recommendations that were
developed for each specific key topic regarding brownfield redevelopment.
From these core recommendations, the trail leads to the key facts on
which the recommendations were built; developed through the
methodological and technical exercises of the project. Thus, the visitor will
understand the background as to why the recommendations were made. If
more detailed information is needed, each key fact links through to original
detailed reports or studies.
In addition to this guided route, short cuts are also possible at each level.
For example, from the main starting page there is a direct link to the
detailed reports, by-passing the recommendations and key facts.
The REVIT Self-Guiding Trail can be accessed without time-consuming
searches with keywords, and avoids the unintended participation that can
occur through an interactive learning course, where often too much detail
can result in a loss of sight for the essential facts.
The REVIT Self-Guiding Trail can be found at:
www.revit-nweurope.org/selfguidingtrail
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