Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and metals are contaminants of industrial brownfield soils. Pollutants can have harmful effects on fungi, which major actors soil functioning. Our objective was to highlight fungal selection following long-term contamination Fungal diversity assessed 30 top-soil samples from ten sites gathered in three groups with different levels physico-chemical charact...

Pressures for urban redevelopment are intensifying in all large cities. A new logic for urban development is required – green urbanism – that provides a spatial framework for directing population and investment inwards to brownfields and greyfields precincts, rather than outwards to the greenfields. This represents both a major opportunity and a major challenge for city planners in pluralist li...