SEP *711 / Regeneration of the Natural and Built Environment

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Regenerate. Revitalize. Restore. Renew. All of these terms are used in the evolving field of restorative development. Restorative development involves renewing or reusing the health, beauty, quantity, and functionality of natural, built and socio-economic assets, to enhance their value without depleting or destroying other assets of long-lasting or irreplaceable quality. It is central to sustaining a revitalized Great Lakes basin ecosystem. It is the process by which built and natural environments are either brought back to life, or under-performing ones are revitalized for improved eco-system service performance and a better quality of life. All such initiatives, including the construction of new places, must have eventual restorability embedded in them.