Establishing woodlands on brownfield and contaminated land.
Greenspace can successfully be established to provide a wide range of socio-economic, health and environmental benefits. There are, however, many challenges in designing and implementing solutions for sustainable greenspace development. Our cutting-edge research is designed specifically to address those challanges and disseminate as best practice guidance.
Research
- Contamination and integrated remediation of brownfield land
- Developing restoration guidance for landfill sites
- Development of decision tools and best practice guidance for land regeneration
- Environmental benefits and impacts of greenspace development
- Site investigation and prioritisation for the establishment of sustainable greenspace on brownfield sites
- Sustainable restoration of brownfield sites
- Waste minimization and utilisation in greenspace creation
Research programmes are led from the Centre for Forestry and Climate Change.
Publications
Related products and services
- roots™ - decision support system for greening brownfield land
We provide a range of services to the environmental and remediation sector including:
- Design, implementation and management of research projects
- Development of best practice guidance and decision tools
- Technical consultation for greenspace development on brownfield and contaminated sites
- Evaluation of research and regeneration programmes
- Catchment based critical load assessments
- Brown field site investigations
- Soil-forming material advisory service for land reclamation
- Testing service for novel products/amendments for land reclamation.
Contact
For more information please contact:
Tony Hutchings
Land Regeneration and Urban Greening Team
Centre for Forestry and Climate Change
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey GU10 4LH
Tel: +44(0)1420 22255
Fax: +44(0)1420 23653
Email: tony.hutchings@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Other research themes
Science & technical disciplines
Research
EU and OECD research
