This study site is located at an abandoned factory of mining, smelting, and refining gold copper in north Taiwan for more than one hundred years. The present used soil background investigation out the sequential extraction procedures arsenic to assess reutilization potential brownfields site. upper limit concentration was 300 mg/kg 700 copper. within mainly immobile fraction, such as forms fixe...

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise 17 goals developed to balance social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Regional sustainable development can be considered an important part of investment redevelop brownfields. With breakthroughs information technology, Taiwan has established a number open databases. This study uses dat...

Informal urban green-space (IGS) such as vacant lots, brownfields and street or railway verges is receiving growing attention from urban scholars. Research has shown IGS can provide recreational space for residents and habitat for flora and fauna, yet we know little about the quantity, spatial distribution, vegetation structure or accessibility of IGS. We also lack a commonly accepted definitio...

This longitudinal, multimethod study uses geographical information system (GIS) software to evaluate the community-wide impact of a neighborhood revitalization project. Unsystematic visual examination and analysis of GIS maps are offered as a complementary tool to quantitative analysis and one that is much more compelling, meaningful, and effective in presentation to community and nonscientific...

phytoremediation has gained increasing attention in recent years because of its ability to clean up and redevelop brownfield sites. petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated sites are among most prevalent industrial sites in iran as one of the top oil producers in the world, which are in great need of remediation to prevent associated environmental and human health risks. a greenhouse study was conduc...

Cities across Europe are increasing their ambitions to embrace a circular economy. In this context, wide-ranging landscape of urban circularity practices is emerging. This article aims elaborate on the spatial factors fostering or hampering embedding (UCPs) in Brussels Capital Region (BCR). The article, thus, addresses following set questions: What do imply at scale and what aimed realizing cir...

In the past 40 years, alternative cultural institutions have been established in many Western welfare states to respond locally social and urban crises that arisen post-war era. Community centres workshops for local history youth offer new opportunities participation complement offerings at more traditional infrastructures such as art museums, theatres, opera houses. Initially borne of grassroo...