Urban areas are experiencing major changes and facing significant sustainability challenges. Many cities undergoing a transition towards post-industrial phase need to consider the regeneration of brownfield sites. Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) increasingly considered as tools for supporting this promoting sustainable development by delivering multiple ecosystem services (ESs). Although potentia...

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The IGCP 510 project Global Correlation of A-type Granites and Related Rocks, their Mineralization, and Significance in Lithospheric Evolution (or, in short, A-type Granites and Related Rocks through Time) of the International Geoscience Programmewas developed in the period of 2005 to 2010 with the sponsorship of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and United Nations Education...

In the oil and gas industry, operations in greenfield sites are straightforward. However, there increased risks, such as damage to existing facilities, unknown site conditions, other complexities brownfield sites. addition these physical task scheduling is also complex, vessels need be replaced during a turnaround. To mitigate risks of conditions realize truncated schedule for Saudi Aramco’s op...

The development of brownfield sites in the UK requires site investigation for contamination as part regulatory planning process. This includes collection soil samples that are analysed asbestos contamination. research project analyses this untapped resource data, using data submitted to a local Borough Council, Surrey, UK. Over 100 reports were collected. paper presents trends testing from 2001...

This paper presents research on the distribution of economic benefits from brownfield cleanup and land development. There is growing concern that cleaning up blighted areas, including brownfields, can entrench inequality by disproportionately benefiting some demographic groups more than others. We look for evidence disproportionate relating changes in move decisions to use activity Chicago usin...