In Leipzig, despite strong growth, reurbanization and re-densification, in the last decade it has still been possible for city to green brownfields with a new type of space: urban forests. The background this was course city’s decades shrinkage emergence numerous brownfields. Leipzig started redevelopment 2001 pursued strategy “more green, less density” its planning. This included creation trad...

The concept of redevelopment is accompanied by actions and forecasts to improve the quality of the physical-spatial environment inthe cities, that is by the emergence of new facilities and conditions, improving the spatial environment is achieved. This requirement occurs when the coherence, coordination and the performance of the urban area is diminishing and is not responsive to the requiremen...

Despite the burgeoning literature on creative cities, seldom explored is the context of cities rich in cultural capital but more orthodox in their approach to preserving the auton omy of culture. This article discusses the status of artistic spaces occupying aban­ doned industrial premises (‘creative brownfields’) in historic cities that traditionally shape their policies around prestigious cul...

Protection Agency's (EPA) Brownfields Initiative and other revitalization efforts have grown into major national programs that have changed the way contaminated property is perceived, addressed, and managed in the United States. In addition, there has been a shift within EPA and other environmental organizations in the way hazardous waste sites are cleaned up. Increasingly, project managers, re...

Decision makers involved in brownfields redevelopment and long-term stewardship must consider environmental conditions, future-use potential, site ownership, area infrastructure, funding resources, cost recovery, regulations, risk and liability management, community relations, and expected return on investment in a comprehensive and integrated fashion to achieve desired results. Successful brow...

Dilapidated, neglected, or abandoned sites and buildings (so-called brownfields) are frequently neither visually attractive nor aesthetically valuable. Indeed, neglected brownfields contribute to the emergence of both objective subjective barriers social, economic, environmental development communities. We also know that occurrence decayed affect prices residential housing in their vicinity. In...