Sustainability and Remediation - Dealing with Contaminated Sites: From Theory Towards Practical Application - page 902

Favourable tax regime for
brownfield redevelopment

National / regional
planning and policy Represents preceding

decisions

Supports shopping
development in a
particular area

Local planning and
policy

Preceding
Remedy
Overall

Suggests financial need
for basement parking

Redevelopment
project

Optimal means of bringing
site to a condition suitable
for development

Removal Soil washing Biological Remediation work

The sustainability of remediation is a function of preceding
decisions as well as remedy selection

Sustainability considered only at the
stage of remedy selection

Favourable tax regime for
brownfield redevelopment

National / regional
planning and policy

Points where
sustainable
remediation is
con sid ered

Supports shopping
development in a
particular area

Local planning and
policy

Preceding
Remedy
Overall

Decision includes
sustainability of
parking choices

Suggests financial need
for basement parking

Redevelopment
project

Removal Soil washing In situ
biological

Decision considers
sustainability of
remediation after
parking choices
have been made

Optimal means of bringing
site to a condition suitable

Remediation work

Sustainability considered in project
planning and remedy selection

So an early influence can improve sustainability (and cost)

Fig. 20.5 Example scenario for sustainable remediation decision making