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Opinion of tools
Name of the case study
Porte des Alpes storm water management.
Name of tool
Charters and coordination to manage multipurpose facilities
Opinion of tool - argumentation for choosing the tool
The main arguments to choose the tools were:
- Request for the groundwater monitoring,
- Voluntary from the Water Direction of Greater Lyon.
The motivation for charters is to maintain wholly the different elements and works, and the compatibilities of the functions. Indeed, as it is mentioned before, this place is intended to all sorts of users: students, walkers, families, etc…
Opinion of tool - barriers for the tool implementation
Here is discussed barriers that have been encountered during the project and the tool implementation.
- Greenspace has been damaged by travelling people; thus, the authorities set up a permanent eviction order, in order to respect the integrity of the site. Special areas will be set aside and fitted out for them.
- The exploitation service has no decision power. For example, it does not work on greenspace of the site, which are managed by the Building Maintenance Direction. This sometimes implies a lack of coherence, but the project is still at a temporary stage.
The main fear about this project is the loss of information about the original intended use of the facilities: for example, the sewerage function of the lakes could be replaced by a leisure function because the whole memory and the principle aims of the project are not disseminated adequately among several actors, which is a problem for the project continuity. Therefore an information system is needed to handle the project’s future and lastingness and to achieve long-term objectives.
Name of tool
Environmental indicators
Opinion of tool - argumentation for choosing the tool
The main arguments to choose the tools were:
- Request for the groundwater monitoring,
- Voluntary from the Water Direction of Greater Lyon.
The motivation for charters is to maintain wholly the different elements and works, and the compatibilities of the functions. Indeed, as it is mentioned before, this place is intended to all sorts of users: students, walkers, families, etc…
Opinion of tool - barriers for the tool implementation
Here is discussed barriers that have been encountered during the project and the tool implementation.
- Greenspace has been damaged by travelling people; thus, the authorities set up a permanent eviction order, in order to respect the integrity of the site. Special areas will be set aside and fitted out for them.
- The exploitation service has no decision power. For example, it does not work on greenspace of the site, which are managed by the Building Maintenance Direction. This sometimes implies a lack of coherence, but the project is still at a temporary stage.
The main fear about this project is the loss of information about the original intended use of the facilities: for example, the sewerage function of the lakes could be replaced by a leisure function because the whole memory and the principle aims of the project are not disseminated adequately among several actors, which is a problem for the project continuity. Therefore an information system is needed to handle the project’s future and lastingness and to achieve long-term objectives.
Opinion of tool - assessment by tool users
Transferability
- Drainage design at the beginning of urban project conception.
- “Cascade” management of flood risk: nearby structures to manage normal rainfall (swales and trenches upstream of lakes, settling tank downstream of industrial estate for annual rainfall) so as to better treat effluent and also minimise impact on multifunctional infrastructure (lakes, football fields, etc.).
- Single management cell (multiple use entails, multiple partners) integrating all those involved, with respective fields of competence pre-defined.
Lessons learned
- Importance of project holders.
- Durability of teams enables coherence within the project.
- Project duration (whole site conception) enables progressive information of the management and maintenance teams.
- There is a learning phenomenon through practicing, which implies a non-stop improvement of the methods. Thus, the actors have a better control of sustainability and its application on projects, which makes them more credible to developer contractors. Therefore, it arrives at a generalization of the approach.
Opinion of tool - reviewer\'s assessment
It is a quite recent project planning. Consequently, the feedback may not be exhaustive.
The project is site-specific, so that application elsewhere concerns only methods, undertakings and feedback.
For further development of the tool, some suggestion can be made:
- To develop a system to keep the memory of the project through the time,
- To improve the coordination between services.
What tools were used to assess sustainability?
Charters and coordination to manage multipurpose facilities
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