Exploring the hidden potential of sugar beet industry brownfields (case study of the Czech Republic)

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Citation for final published version:Krejci, T., Dostal, I., Havlicek, M. and Martinat, Stanislav 2016. Exploring the hidden potential of sugar beet industry brownfields (case study of the Czech Republic). Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 46 , pp. AbstractThe paper focuses on spatial analyses of sugar beet industry brownfields in the Czech Republic. In the first part of the paper history of sugar beet industry on the area of the Czech Republic is briefly presented, then links between location of these sites and its transport potential are discussed. Benefits of brownfields regeneration for regional development are also evaluated. In the empirical part of the paper 49 brownfield sites within the Czech Republic, where the sugar beet industry was abandoned during the transition period after 1989, are evaluated and classified based on field research and aerial picture analyses. Three examples of reuse of former sugar beet factories are finally presented. It was found that development potential of studied sites is highly depended on their geographical location and some inspiration might be derived from presented examples. More targeted supportive policy in the Czech Republic to support regeneration of brownfields is needed. In the concluding part of the paper further development possibilities of sugar beet industry brownfields and their railway connection are considered.

Land Use as a Motivation for Railway Trespassing: Experience from the Czech Republic

“…At the same time, however, it was confirmed that motivations for railway trespassing are subject to constant change in dynamically developing urban areas. Recent changes are influenced particularly by the restructuring of industry in the Czech Republic after 1989 that was followed by the emergence of brownfield and revitalization efforts [30,35]. Revitalization of brownfield sites in the urban environment and its impact on functional land use in proximity to railways are also the subject of studies in other European countries [28,29].…”

“…The correlation between the development of settlement structures at railways and the emergence of trespassing is not commonly studied. More often, attention is given to issues of brownfield revitalization, where the relationships and links between the functional use of land and railway infrastructure are quite obvious, namely in towns [28][29][30].…”

Miesto apleistų teritorijų paskirties keitimo scenarijų vertinimas daugiarodikliais sprendimų priėmimo metodais

“…Priskyrus teritoriją kaip AT, turi būti numatomi šie veiksmai siekiant subalansuoti miesto plėtrą pertvarkant jo teritorijas pagal darnios plėtros principus: − galutinės žemės paskirties parinkimas; − paskirties keitimo procedūros parinkimas (kokiu būdu turi būti pakeista teritorijos paskirtis); − tolesnio teritorijos naudojimo vizija, jos parinkimas, integravimo į bendrą urbanistinį karkasą strategija. Atsižvelgiant į mokslinėje literatūroje aptinkamus pavyzdžius (Paul Bardos et al 2016;Krejčí et al 2016), pramoninės paskirties objektų ir AT paskirties keitimas gali vykti keliais būdais: − kai paskirtis atnaujinama; − kai paskirtis keičiama išsaugant nepakitusią architektūrinę-urbanistinę išraišką. Tinka tuo atveju, kai objektas pripažintas industriniu paveldu; − kai paskirtis keičiama iš esmės keičiant situaciją -tai kompleksinė teritorijos regeneracija.…”

Assessing Relationships between Land Use Changes and the Development of a Road Network in the Hodonín Region (Czech Republic)

“…The world-wide review study of kasraian et al (2016) does not comprise any paper from this region and even Seidenglanz's (2014) paper on current state of Czech and Slovak transport geography mentions this research agenda only marginally. The following topics can be mentioned in particular: the current processes of suburbanization (dostál et al 2010), changes in urban patterns of postmodern cities (krejčí et al 2016(krejčí et al , Mulíček et al 2016, integration into spatial and mobility planning (kortanová et al 2010(kortanová et al , Malasek et al 2011 or effects on regional development (kraft et al 2014(kraft et al , Michniak 2015.…”