CL:AIRE is pleased to publish Research Bulletin RB19, called Regeneration of Brownfield Land Using Sustainable Technologies (ROBUST). ROBUST was a 5-year EPSRC funded project, approved as CL:AIRE Research Project 23, and involved a group of researchers at Durham University, headed by Dr Karen Johnson and Professor Clare Bambra from the departments of Engineering and Geography respectively.
The sustainable technologies in ROBUST involve using 'waste' products from industries including the water treatment, mineral extraction and steel making sectors. The ROBUST project bridged the gap between engineering and social science to consider the social impact of brownfield sites. This keyed into research based around the idea that green space can improve community health and wellbeing of local people living near the site.