Military and Industrial SiTEs Reuse
For some years already many European cities are concerned with the reuse and revitalisation of brownfields. Brownfields are areas which were formerly used as locations for industrial or military purposes and which are now abandoned. Revitalising these areas instead of developing and consuming urban green or undeveloped land can improve urban space and can limit the land use in inner-city regions as it helps to avoid extensive urban expansion projects. Consequently brownfield revitalisation contributes to sustainable forms of land use. MISTER aims at designing and testing a new set of integrated actions which embraces the restructuring and renewal of towns by reusing derelict land. The project targets a more transparent and responsible involvement of the private sector. In particular private investors should become more involved in reuse plans. The partner regions from five different countries (Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia) share the need for an appropriate reuse of existing buildings in decommissioned industrial and military areas. This need affects local decision-makers, urban and building planners, those responsible in the building industry and citizens in general.