land recycling

Strategic financing of applied research has considerably improved the scientific and technical basis for contaminated-site remediation in Germany. And while technical solutions to the problem of contaminated sites are now largely within reach, the requisite financial resources are not always ready to hand.

Land take for settlement and transport is set to decrease to 30 hectares per day by 2020. To achieve this goal, municipal inner development needs to be strengthened and rendered more appealing. Revitalization and reuse of brownfields (brownfield redevelopment) are key in this regard.