Asbestos contamination on brownfield development sites in the UK

Hellawell, E. E.; Hughes, Susan

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2020.110480

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“…The social aspects of brownfield redevelopment are associated with potential health risks, and any community concerns need to be addressed before development on site can begin. Any contamination risks need to be thoroughly assessed, a full investigation conducted, and remedial measures put in place before the development commences (Haninger et al, 2017;Hellawell & Hughes, 2021). Various assessment tools to measure the level of harm concerning toxicity and contamination are mentioned in the literature, such as the quantitative risk assessment (O'Reilly & Brink, 2006).…”

Section: Social Criteriamentioning

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Brownfield land redevelopment strategies in urban areas

Singh

2022

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Urban intensification seems to be a growing trend, especially in the context of severe land scarcity. Brownfields offer great potential in meeting the increasing demand for housing in major cities worldwide. Redevelopment projects appear to provide immediate solutions to housing shortages that are being experienced due to population pressures in large metropolitan areas. The paper explores the range of factors that property developers need to consider in their decision-making process when assessing the viability of brownfield redevelopments. This research, which employed a comparative case study approach, and examined two brownfield redevelopments in Auckland, focused on the economic, social, and environmental criteria that were utilised in the decision-making process. Document analysis of the two case studies, site observations, and semi-structured interviews with the property developers were the main data collection methods. The results suggested that the economic aspects of a brownfield redevelopment are the most important criteria that developers consider during the feasibility assessment of proposed projects. Projects that offer the potential for quick investment returns for all stakeholders are the preferred choice for developers. Brownfield redevelopments offer significant potential for invigorating local areas through urban intensification which boosts local businesses and encourages community revitalisation. The environmental concerns appear to be the lowest priority and little consideration is given to reducing the environmental impacts or incorporating green building practices in the new developments. A major shift from a purely economic focus toward a comprehensive environmental approach to new developments is needed to ensure the sustainable development of cities.

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Section: Social Criteriamentioning

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Brownfield land redevelopment strategies in urban areas

Singh

2022

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“…They may include former industrial areas and former commercial areas, petrol stations, ports, terminals, airports, and other industrializations left by the process, equipment, buildings, factories, or the whole area. Because, the development of brownfield sites in the United Kingdom requires site investigation for contamination as part of the regulatory planning process [17].…”

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Research progress of sustainable brownfield redevelopment planning and design: Based on visual bibliometric analysis

Masrabaye

Zheng

Guiradoumngue

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Environmental and urban sciences have shown that brownfield problems have a significant impact on human behavior and its environment. Understanding the sustainable planning and redevelopment of brownfields can therefore help governments and financial partners to consider sustainable urban policies as a key priority. This study presents a bibliometric analysis of research publications on the sustainable redevelopment of brownfields through the Scopus database since 1990. The redevelopment of brownfields having an essential role in urban sustainability, so research trends on sustainable redevelopment brownfields in previous literature are revealed. To our knowledge, the bibliometric analysis of the term sustainable redevelopment of brownfields is not yet an accentuated field of research. To do this, this study aims to fill this gap by offering a broad overview of the bibliometric analysis of the literature relating to this term. Brownfield and contaminated land are used as a keyword in the article titles taken from the Scopus database on September 07, 2021. A total of 7197 scientific articles (Scopus) were reviewed to show how the research on " brownfields or contaminated land” has emerged and developed. Social media analysis (VOSviewer) was used for data visualization and Harzing's Publish or Perish is used for metrics and citation analysis. The results showed an increase in the growth rate of the literature on sustainable brownfield redevelopment since 1990, particularly from 2011 to 2020. Research related to the sustainable redevelopment of brownfields has involved various authors and is published in various languages. There are 160 authors from 126 countries and 160 institutions. The China is the largest contributor to this study, followed by the United States and United Kingdom. The Chemosphere Journal has published the most articles on the sustainable redevelopment of brownfields. Although our results also indicate that studies on the sustainable redevelopment of brownfields are mainly carried out in the field of environmental sciences. Some avenues for future research have been analyzed in three directions so that sustainable development can easily be integrated into a brownfield redevelopment project.

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“…As much as $2 trillion of real estate may be undervalued due to contamination [ 7 ]. This explains that the land is an essential part of the life support system and a crucial factor of production and precious resource in economic systems [ 8 , 16 ]. Unlike the United States, the United Kingdom reports that these lands are not necessarily industrial or contaminating but were once used for other purposes and now lies unused.…”

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confidence: 99%