INTEGRATING AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BROWNFIELD DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

In the urban development process, stakeholders (local politicians, businessmen, academics, neighbourhood groups, etc.) involved in urban policies are required to make strategic decisions for their territory in a strategic manner. The available tools are poorly adapted for this process. The evaluation tools most commonly used (LEED, CASBEE, BREEAM and SBTool, etc.) have a complex structure and do not provide the results required in the case of brownfield projects. They do not include the involvement of all stakeholders in the early phases of the project. Moreover, their indicators are not equally distributed among the three dimensions of sustainable development (environmental, social and economic) to reflect the context and local expectations. This paper presents a transversal and interdisciplinary study on sustainability that examines local indicators that can be used in brownfield projects. The study proposes the construction of an assessment tool derived from an analysis of the methods used in urban development projects. The study considers a selection of 20 items related to restructuring case studies of North American and European brownfields. A multidisciplinary approach is used to consider the players involved in all phases of the project. The goal is to identify and classify the elements that are needed for decision making, including the indicators related to environmental and socio-economic components, in order to develop an effective evaluation tool.