Sustainable urban planning and the brownfield development process in the United Kingdom: Lessons from the Thames Gateway

Raco, Mike; Henderson, Steven

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“…The revealed factors and their relevancy for brownfield regeneration do not explicitly suggest action that should be necessarily conducted by decision-makers; it should rather serve as one of the background documents for wide distribution of regeneration funding. Together with the previous studies [28][29][30][31][32], we propose one of the possible perspectives on brownfield regeneration.…”

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Uncovering Patterns of Location of Brownfields to Facilitate Their Regeneration: Some Remarks from the Czech Republic

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Abstract:The issue of brownfield regeneration is closely connected to balanced and sustainable development of regions, towns, and cities as it endeavors to reuse buildings and sites that have already lost their original use, but at the same time offers a possibility to generate new beneficial activities for the whole society that exceed just material or physical changes of the brownfield sites. The regeneration of every brownfield is usually a highly site-specific issue and individual and unique impacts of regeneration on the particular locality are obvious. Yet, several patterns in sets of non-regenerated brownfields can be identified. By finding and defining such patterns, a framework of indicators to facilitate brownfield regeneration can be created and the importance and strength of a particular indicator can be defined. By means of the analyses, we are able to recommend various relevant and most suitable approaches with regards to brownfield regeneration in individual regions. We have employed Factor Analysis (FA) for the identification of key factors of brownfield regeneration. In particular, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was applied to conduct analyses of 1304 non-regenerated brownfields located in seven regions of the Czech Republic (NUTS 3 level). Data were obtained from publicly available brownfield databases of individual regional administrations. By means of Factor Analysis, it was ascertained that the most frequent factor that is typical for the surveyed non-regenerated brownfields is the ownership. The second most frequent factor is the size of the brownfields. As the third factor according to importance, the distance between the location of the individual brownfield and the municipality of extended powers (the so-called small district) was identified. By taking into account the results of the conducted analyses, brownfield regeneration policies of individual regions might be adapted to be more suitably targeted.

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Uncovering Patterns of Location of Brownfields to Facilitate Their Regeneration: Some Remarks from the Czech Republic

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“…The research on brownfields provides a number of excellent examples of how such areas can be reclaimed thus achieving a new quality of the environment [8][9][10][11][12]. The reclamation of brownfields in Europe has been pursued through the effective integration of the concept of sustainable development into the EU projects such as Regeneration of European Sites in Cities and Urban Environments (RESCUE) [13,14] and Concerted Action on Brownfield and Economic Regeneration Network (CABERNET) [15].…”

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Evaluating the Significance of Criteria Contributing to Decision-Making on Brownfield Land Redevelopment Strategies in Urban Areas

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Abstract:Brownfield land is one of the least exploited resources for urban development in a number of Eastern European countries. Establishing a rational strategy for redeveloping brownfields is an unambiguously complex task that requires considering a number of different economic, social, physical and environmental factors. The strategic decision-making has a long term impact on the quality of life, ecological balance and urban structure. Therefore, the paper is aimed at developing a comprehensive set of criteria that contribute to the redevelopment of brownfield land in urban areas. It focuses on six main development strategies that embrace creating residential, green, commercial, recreational activity and industrial areas or leaving land as a reserve. Geographic information system (GIS) tools are employed to collect the spatial information, obtain the initial set of criteria and derive the statistical data. Expert's evaluations along with a statistical method of gauging the level of concordance of their opinion combined with Delphi method are used for determining significance of criteria within economic, social, physical (urbanistic) and environmental criteria groups. This study establishes the most significant criteria for implementing different scenarios of the brownfield land redevelopment in Vilnius, Lithuania. Developed framework will support the decision-making process in the brownfield land redevelopment aiding a sustainable urban planning.

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“…[3][4][5][6]). Some other benefits of brownfield redevelopment are [7,8] · reduction of urban sprawl · reduction of health and environmental risks by encouraging site cleanup · full utilisation of existing infrastructure and traffic systems · greenfields remain usable for open space or agricultural use; and · the local tax base is increased.…”

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Developing guidelines for brownfield development in South Africa

Potts¹,

Cloete²

2012

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In contrast to guidelines and comprehensive policies for brownfield development in the UK and the USA, no reference to brownfields is made in any of the current legislation or policies of South Africa.The objective of the research was firstly to develop an appropriate definition for brownfields in the South African context and secondly to propose guidelines for redevelopment of brownfields in South Africa.A possible definition and a set of guidelines were tested against the perceptions and opinions of stakeholders. Based upon the literature study and responses to the questionnaire, both a definition and a set of guidelines for the South African context are proposed.It is concluded that further research is required and that policies need to be generated in order to firstly come to agreement on a definition of brownfields and secondly to finalize development guidelines. These have to be incorporated into the existing development policies. The research also indicated that it is necessary for an inventory of brownfields to be established by local authorities in order to start the process of brownfield development in South Africa.

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Sustainable urban planning and the brownfield development process in the United Kingdom: Lessons from the Thames Gateway

Cited by 33 publications

References 15 publications

Uncovering Patterns of Location of Brownfields to Facilitate Their Regeneration: Some Remarks from the Czech Republic

Uncovering Patterns of Location of Brownfields to Facilitate Their Regeneration: Some Remarks from the Czech Republic

Evaluating the Significance of Criteria Contributing to Decision-Making on Brownfield Land Redevelopment Strategies in Urban Areas

Developing guidelines for brownfield development in South Africa

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