Densification or Dilution? On Cultural and Economic Value Creation along the Aker River in Oslo, Norway

Re-reuse of regenerated brownfields: Lessons from an Eastern European post-industrial city

“…The changing economic value of a brownfields site is an important indicator, however, the social, environmental and symbolic values of brownfield sites are also of a great importance so that the quality of life of the local population could be improved, and more sustainable and balanced urban development could be reached. The symbolic values of brownfields as elements of heritage (Berg and Stenbro, 2015;Rypkema, 2009) deserve to be discussed more deeply. Since these sites or buildings were an integral part of industrial cities for decades and served as areas of production where the local people were commuting to work, a local settlement was formed around them and local people experienced these sites in their everyday lives, certain emotional relations of the local population towards individual brownfields developed over the time.…”

Brownfields do not “only live twice”: The possibilities for heritage preservation and the enlargement of leisure time activities in Brno, the Czech Republic

“…But we can find many interlinks in relations between sustainable regeneration of brownfields and heritage preservation (Bliek and Gauthier, 2007;Duzi and Jakubinsky, 2013). An occurrence of "heritage" is quite frequently perceived as a barrier to speed-up the brownfield redevelopment process (Berg and Stenbro, 2015). On the other hand, the preservation of heritage fulfils the characteristics of a public good, and increased costs for regeneration of such sites are justified (Sable and Kling, 2001).…”

“…They are commodifying the heritagein its new usage they keep the "old", i.e. such thing that is unique to the place, making a profit, and the "old" is protected from the demolition (Berg and Stenbro, 2015).…”

“…al., 2005). The issue of brownfields is broad and covers economic (van Duijn et al, 2016), social (Simis et al, 2016), environmental (Doick et al, 2009) and cultural dimension (Berg and Stenbro, 2015).…”

Resident’s preferences for urban brownfield revitalization: Insights from two Czech cities

“…Alternatively they could be viewed as potential sites for demolition through to retaining their current, albeit temporary, form and many options in between (Johnson, Glover, & Stewart, 2009). The most socially convenient option seems to be keeping historically valued brownfields as part of the heritage of a bygone industrial era (Berg & Stenbro, 2015). Other options are demolition and landscaping to create green spaces (De Sousa, 2003) or demolition followed by new development, a common and economically driven option (Kunc, Klusacek, Martinat, & Tonev, 2012).…”