Smart Urban Reuse Flagship Alliances in Central Europe

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Large volumes of waste & waste water, poor air and water quality, high levels of ambient noise, lack of integrated environmental management are relevant issues in functional urban areas. Reuse is a highly relevant approach to tackle them. Despite recent improvements at transnational level there is still a highly fragmented decision making landscape in this field. SURFACE’s main objective is to improve environmental management & quality of life of functional urban areas through the establishment of Multi-Stakeholder based Smart Re-Use parks as a possible solution for increasing sustainability in selected functional urban areas. The change consists in the availability of a harmonized & evidence based decision making setting in the field of waste prevention & reuse in CE area where: 1) reuse & waste prevention options become integrated options of environmental management strategies & action plans, 2) urban decision makers can share decisions, 3) multi-stakeholder cooperation schemes and Smart ReUse Parks Action Plans can be shared and used; 4) tested & validated Pilots can be studied and 5) an increased set of immediately usable instruments be adopted through twinning training schemes. 7 outputs guide to this change: 1 Menu of Modular Reuse and Synergic oriented Urban Practices in Waste Prevention, 2 A Multi-Stakeholder Permanent Forum on Urban Waste Prevention Plans, 3 Cooperation Matrix, 4 Regional Smart Reuse Park Action Plans, 5. Smart ReUse Parks Pilots, 6. Smart ReUse Parks Activation Tool, 7 Smart ReUse Twinning Scheme are. SURFACE innovative approach is based on 1) a participatory system / Multi-Stakeholder Permanent Forum on Urban Waste Prevention Plans, 2) an on-site, real case based delivery of Smart Re-Use Park services portfolio. SURFACE involves complementary & synergic partners in different small and medium-sized cities to contribute to the development of local waste prevention & reuse based environmental management strategies and plans.

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