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SMARTE: IMPROVING REVITALIZATION DECISIONS - PRESENTATION FOR ETV INTERNATIONAL FORUM
Citation:
VEGA, A. M. SMARTE: IMPROVING REVITALIZATION DECISIONS - PRESENTATION FOR ETV INTERNATIONAL FORUM. Presented at ETV International Forum, Washington, DC, July 13 - 14, 2005.
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Description:
SMARTe (Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools - electronic) is an open-source, web-based, decision-support system for developing and evaluating alternative reuse scenarios for potentially contaminated sites (e.g., brownfields). It is being developed collaboratively under a bilateral working group co-led by the U.S. EPA and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. SMARTe is being developed over a period of several years using a phased approach. First, information, resources, links and best practices are collected and updated on an annual basis. Second, electronic analysis tools and templates are prepared so that a user can input scenario-specific information and evaluate different aspects of the revitalization process. Third, the analysis tools and information are integrated into a multi-criteria decision analysis framework to allow users to change inputs and evaluate different scenarios. This final phase will not be completed until 2007; however, each year, SMARTe versions are released which contain new information and analysis tools. For this presentation, SMARTe 2005 (Version 2.0) to be released in October of 2005 will be demonstrated.