Case Study-Based Integrated Assessment of Former Waste Disposal Sites Transformed to Green Space in Terms of Ecosystem Services and Land Assets Recovery

Growing global production leads to continuing generation of waste, part which still ends its life cycle in landfills and dumps. Despite the efforts waste reuse recycling self-degradation, existing old dumps remain a huge challenge for future. The majority can be identified as non-sanitary designated or former dumps, meaning hills fields abandoned garbage degraded inert masses without any with little aftercare maintenance. In contrast, term ‘landfill’ refers legally organized disposal sites created controlled manner, according modern environmentally responsible standards. paper gives case study-based integrated assessment closed revitalized that have undergone functional change from ‘lost territories’ primarily green space beneficial society urban environment, terms ecosystem services estimation based on criteria evaluation approach monetary land assets value recovery potential. chosen four studies (in United States, Australia, Poland Estonia) serve successful examples sustainable site revitalization gateway indicating opportunities accelerating through prism estimations spatial planning criteria. Beneficial after is assessed terms.