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Sustainable brownfield regeneration : liveable places from problem spaces /

"Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration presents a comprehensive account of UK policies, processes and practices in brownfield regeneration and takes an integrated and theoretically-grounded approach to highlight best practice. The book has two principal aims. The first is to examine the ways in w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dixon, Timothy J., 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART 1: INTRODUCTION: Introduction / Tim Dixon and Mike Raco
  • Researching sustainability: the possibilities and limitations of cross-cutting research in the urban environment / Mike Raco and Tim Dixon
  • PART 2: REGENERATION: Democracy, trust and risk related to contaminated sites in the UK / Philip Catney, Dick Eiser, John Henneberry and Tom Stafford
  • Actor networks: the brownfield merry-go-round / Joe Doak and Nikos Karadimitriou
  • Heroes or villains? The role of the UK property development industry in sustainable urban brownfield regeneration / Tim Dixon
  • Delivering brownfield regeneration: sustainable community-building in London and Manchester / Mike Raco, Steven Henderson and Sophie Bowlby
  • PART 3: REMEDIATION: Greening brownfield land / Andy Moffat and Tony Hutchings
  • Novel special-purpose composts for sustainable remediation / Sabeha Ouki, Rene van Herwijnen, Michael Harbottle, Tony Hutchings, Abir Al-Tabbaa, Mike Johns and Andy Moffat
  • Robust sustainable technical solutions / Abir Al-Tabbaa, Michael Harbottle and Chris Evans
  • 'The creature lurks within?' Restoring acid tar lagoons / Simon Talbot, Nigel Lawson and Colin Smith
  • PART 4: JOINED-UP SOLUTIONS: Climate change, pollutant linkage and brownfield regeneration / Abir Al-Tabbaa, Sinead Smith, Cecile De Munck, Tim Dixon, Joe Doak, Stephen Garvin and Mike Raco
  • Evaluating the sustainability of brownfield redevelopment projects / Kalliope Pediaditi, Walter Wehrmeyer and Kate Burningham
  • Is brown the new green? / Philip Catney, David N. Lerner, Tim Dixon and Mike Raco.