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The U.S.-German Bilateral Working Group: Collaborative Engineering and Scientific Research for a Sustainable Future. Results from Phase 3 (2000-2005) and Beginning Phase 4 (2006-2010)
Citation:
Hauschild, M., D. MEDEARIS, AND A. M. VEGA. The U.S.-German Bilateral Working Group: Collaborative Engineering and Scientific Research for a Sustainable Future. Results from Phase 3 (2000-2005) and Beginning Phase 4 (2006-2010). In Proceedings, REVIT and CABERNET 2007, 2nd International Conference on Managing Urban Land, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, GERMANY, April 25 - 27, 2007. University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Uk, 495-501, (2007).
Impact/Purpose:
To provide details regarding the evolution and applications of ideas and products developed as part of Phase 3 of the Bilateral Working Group (BWG). Also, details were shared regarding the Phase 4 workplan and the strategies that the U.S. and German practitioners will pursue in their efforts to share and apply lessons, technologies, and policies from each country.
Description:
Since 1990, the United States and Germany have worked bilaterally to identify, understand and apply innovative technologies and policies for remediation and sustainable revitalization of contaminted sites in each country. The last sixteen years (= three Phases) have produced remarkable benefits in both countries. Cities in the U.S. such as New York City, Chicago, and Buffalo are applying redevelopment strategies from Germany's Ruhr Valley. Washington DC is applying "green" roof and low-impact development stormwater systems from Stuttgart to redevelop its brownfields. In 2006, cooperation between Germany and the U.S. entered a fourth phase of collaboration. Phase 4 of the partnership will focus on long-term holistic solutions for sustainable revitalization. Regional land-use planning, project management, and site design and landscape, will be studied as integral elements of sustainable revitalization.
