Economic, social and environmental sustainability are becoming more important in urban territorial development policies Europe internationally. Recently, the United States have put forth green deals proposing programmatic provisions for achieving through redevelopment of brownfield land into Sustainable Industrial Areas (SIAs). This opinion paper presents benefits European Green Deal (EGD) as s...

Many communities are concerned about the reuse of potentially contaminated land (brownfields) and believe that environmental liability is a hindrance to redevelopment. However, with land price adjustments, liability might not impede the reuse of this land. This article studies state liability rules-specifically, strict liability and joint and several liability-that affect the level and distribu...

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...

While traditional street design relied upon segregating vehicles and pedestrians in urban areas to ensure smooth traffic flow, urban planners and traffic engineers are gradually moving away from it. Instead, under the more modern concept of integrated street design, more space and freedom of action is provided to pedestrians, the needs of whom were previously omitted. An example space to have u...

Chinese cities have experienced rapid urbanisation and attracted massive investment in the central city through urban redevelopment. Developing less favourable areas such as former industrial sites along waterfront is attractive for these usually need to deal with poor environments complicated land ownership. It therefore important understand how projects are carried out what financial instrume...