Brownfield Development: Are We Using the Right Targets? Evidence from England and Germany

Ganser, Robin; Williams, Katie

doi:10.1080/09654310600852654

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“…for the selection of the most desirable land use pattern. For instance, it will enable experts from different disciplines to argue in favour or against new strategies for "space-efficient housing", in particular inner city (re)densification policies (Weber et al, 2006) or brownfield recycling-schemes (Ganser and Williams, 2007). In this vein, our approach supports local and in particular regional (i.e.…”

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Environmental impact assessment of urban land use transitions—A context-sensitive approach

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Environmental impact assessment of urban land use transitions—A context-sensitive approach

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“…Although the brownfield land coexists with unsustainable conditions such as higher unemployment, worsen living conditions and more criminal offences, it is arguable that a reduction in brownfield land will necessarily restore sustainable conditions [9,27]. For example, redevelopment in the form of gentrification makes physical improvement to a neighbourhood, but the replacement of deprived residents only moves socio-economic issues elsewhere without solving them [27,44].…”

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“…Regenerating brownfield is a recommended recipe to improve social, economic and environmental sustainability [1,[2][3][4][5]. However, brownfield regeneration has been implemented based on regulations which define brownfield differently [3,[7][8][9][10]. In particular, "brownfield" in UK regulations covers unused and underused land that is previously developed [3,7,10,11].…”

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Sticks and Stones: The Impact of the Definitions of Brownfield in Policies on Socio-Economic Sustainability

Tang

Nathanail

2012

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Many countries encourage brownfield regeneration as a means of sustainable development but define "brownfield" differently. Specifically, the definitions of brownfield in the regeneration policies of countries with higher population densities usually promote recycling land that is previously developed, whether or not there is chemical contamination. Further, the de facto definition of brownfield used by the UK government focuses on previously developed land that is unused or underused. The ANOVA in this study revealed that local authorities in England (n = 296) with higher percentages of derelict and vacant land tended to be more deprived based on the English Indices of Multiple Deprivation, which evaluate deprivation from the aspects of income, employment, health, education, housing, crime, and living environment. However, the percentage of previously developed land in use but with further development potential had no significant effect on the deprivation conditions. The Blair-Brown Government (1997~2010) encouraged more than 60% of new dwellings to be established on the previously developed land in England. The analyses in this study showed that this target, combined with the definition of brownfield in the policy, may have facilitated higher densities of residential development on previously developed land but without addressing the deprivation problems. These observations indicate that a definition of brownfield in regeneration policies should focus on previously developed land that is now vacant or derelict if land recycling is to contribute to sustainable communities.

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“…Moreover it has to be taken into consideration that, even though the regeneration of brownfield sites can offer immense development potentials including economic, social and environmental benefits (De Sousa, 2002;Lange and McNeil, 2004;Carrol and Eger III, 2006;Ganser and Williams, 2007;Chen and Khumpaisal, 2009;Strazzera et al, 2010;Syms, 2010;Schädler et al, 2011;Wang et al, 2011), still the exploitation of these benefits is hampered by uncertainties and information asymmetries Bartke, 2011;Schädler et al, 2012). Environmental contamination may not be clearly detected, stakeholders' attitudes on a redevelopment might not meet the municipalities' nor the investors' interests.…”

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Brownfield regeneration in Europe: Identifying stakeholder perceptions, concerns, attitudes and information needs

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Brownfield Development: Are We Using the Right Targets? Evidence from England and Germany

Cited by 48 publications

References 8 publications

Environmental impact assessment of urban land use transitions—A context-sensitive approach

Environmental impact assessment of urban land use transitions—A context-sensitive approach

Sticks and Stones: The Impact of the Definitions of Brownfield in Policies on Socio-Economic Sustainability

Brownfield regeneration in Europe: Identifying stakeholder perceptions, concerns, attitudes and information needs

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