Package
Overview
Very little
work has been done on the generic assessment of the sustainability
of individual remediation methods in the UK and more importantly on
a comparative investigation of their relative sustainability. Sustainable
technical solutions to brownfield land need to be robust; they must
not be sensitive to small changes, have a low risk of failure and
need to be durable. Remediation solutions are sustainable if:
1. Future benefits outweigh cost of remediation,
2. Environmental impact of the process is less than the impact of
leaving the land untreated,
3. Environmental impact of the remediation process is minimal and
measurable,
4. The time-scale over which the environmental consequences occur,
and hence inter-generational risk, is part of the decision making
process, and
5. The decision making process includes proper engagement of all stakeholders.
For each remediated site, information on criteria 1, 2, 3 and 5 is
available, although in some cases might not be readily obtainable,
for example because of commercial sensitivity. However, knowledge
of the inter-generational risk and durability of the various remediation
methods, which is needed to achieve criteria 4 above, is very limited.
This topic has been recognised by the Environment Agency and the construction
industry as one which requires immediate research attention. This
work package addressed sustainability criteria 1-4 while criteria
5 was addressed in SUBR:IM Project C.
Click
here to link to a document containing further information on this
project.
(PDF file 50kb)
Package
organisation:
| Abir Al -Tabbaa |
Principal Investigator
|
University of Cambridge,
Geotechnical & Enviromental Research Group |
01223 332715
aa22@eng.cam.ac.uk
|
| Peter Guthrie |
Principal Investigator |
University of Cambridge,
Centre for Sustainable
Development |
01223 765627
pmg31@eng.cam.ac.uk |
| Tony Hutchings |
Principal Investigator |
Forest Research, Environmental
& Human Sciences Division |
01420 22255
tony.hutchings@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
|
| Andy Moffat |
Principal Investigator |
Forest Research, Environmental
& Human Sciences Division |
01420 22255
andy.moffat@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
|
| Michael Harbottle
|
Researcher |
University of Cardiff |
029 2087 5759
harbottlem@cardiff.ac.uk |
| Srinath
Iyengar |
PhD student |
University of Cambridge,
Geotechnical & Enviromental Research Group |
01223 766683
sri26@cam.ac.uk |
