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Stanislav Martinát - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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re reuse of regenerated Brownfields lessons from an eastern european post industrial city
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018Co-Authors: Stanislav Martinát, Petr Klusáček, Joseph Navratil, Justin B Hollander, Jakub Trojan, Pavel Klapka, David KalokAbstract:Abstract Brownfields constitute a substantial portion of the land area in post-industrial cities. Many Brownfields have been regenerated for various uses, addressing a range of extant problems in urban areas. However, re-use plans for current Brownfields are driven by market demand and public sector prioritization and do not always meet the requirements of local residents and visitors. In this paper, we investigate how a range of Brownfields re-use options are perceived by residents and visitors to the Landek area in the city of Ostrava (Czech Republic). By analysing the results of the questionnaire survey (n = 180) we found that future Brownfields uses such as culture/sport and children's park are the most popular options. We found that gender was a statistically significant predictor of preferred reuse options. Women are strong supporters of the above-mentioned re-use options, while men tend to favour re-use options which promote industry. Remarkably, respondents, in general, lacked concrete ideas concerning alternative re-use options of Brownfields, suggesting that professional urban planners can be of assistance in the planning of the future use of brownfield sites.
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uncovering patterns of location of Brownfields to facilitate their regeneration some remarks from the czech republic
Sustainability, 2018Co-Authors: Kamila Tureckova, Jan Nevima, Jaroslav Skrabal, Stanislav MartinátAbstract:The issue of brownfield regeneration is closely connected to balanced and sustainable development of regions, towns, and cities as it endeavors to reuse buildings and sites that have already lost their original use, but at the same time offers a possibility to generate new beneficial activities for the whole society that exceed just material or physical changes of the brownfield sites. The regeneration of every brownfield is usually a highly site-specific issue and individual and unique impacts of regeneration on the particular locality are obvious. Yet, several patterns in sets of non-regenerated Brownfields can be identified. By finding and defining such patterns, a framework of indicators to facilitate brownfield regeneration can be created and the importance and strength of a particular indicator can be defined. By means of the analyses, we are able to recommend various relevant and most suitable approaches with regards to brownfield regeneration in individual regions. We have employed Factor Analysis (FA) for the identification of key factors of brownfield regeneration. In particular, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was applied to conduct analyses of 1304 non-regenerated Brownfields located in seven regions of the Czech Republic (NUTS 3 level). Data were obtained from publicly available brownfield databases of individual regional administrations. By means of Factor Analysis, it was ascertained that the most frequent factor that is typical for the surveyed non-regenerated Brownfields is the ownership. The second most frequent factor is the size of the Brownfields. As the third factor according to importance, the distance between the location of the individual brownfield and the municipality of extended powers (the so-called small district) was identified. By taking into account the results of the conducted analyses, brownfield regeneration policies of individual regions might be adapted to be more suitably targeted.
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Brownfields do not “only live twice”: The possibilities for heritage preservation and the enlargement of leisure time activities in Brno, the Czech Republic
Cities, 2017Co-Authors: Josef Navrátil, Stanislav Martinát, Tomas Krejci, Martin J. Pasqualetti, Petr Klusáček, Bohumil Frantál, Klara TochackovaAbstract:Abstract Central Europe is replete with legacy contaminated sites, commonly called “Brownfields”. The question is what can be done to remediate them and make them again safe and useful to society. This question is addressed in post-socialistic city of Brno, the Czech Republic. Our research assesses public perceptions of such sites that are currently utilized for the leisure time activities. Special attention is paid to public views of heritage preservation as an option for brownfield regeneration. The principal aim of the paper is to measure public support of heritage preservation through the conversion of Brownfields to leisure activities and tourism. Data were gathered by means of the questionnaire survey with visitors of four Brownfields currently being used for leisure time activities (n = 130). It was revealed that the awareness of the visitors of the issue of brownfield regeneration is very low, and that importantly affects the perception of heritage preservation of individual sites. Further, the opinions of the respondents are significantly influenced by the local contexts of individual Brownfields (predominantly by the situation and the technical state). However, it might be stated that in locations where the historical state of building has already been repaired, historical heritage is perceived more positively.
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Prioritisation strategies for regional brownfield redevelopment: Perspectives & Feedback on existing tools and approaches
2017Co-Authors: Elsa Limasset, Stanislav Martinát, Petr Klusáček, Stephan Bartke, Lisa Pizzol, Corinne Merly, Sonia Doisy, Anne Dubromel, Blandine ClozelAbstract:Brownfield reuse is increasingly advocated as an alternative to sealing so far undeveloped land. Several European companies, communities and regions have built brownfield registers to steer brownfield investments. Having different brownfield redevelopment options, a proper selection of most promising sites is a pre-requisite to efficiently allocate the limited financial resources. Authorities are in need of strategies and tools to screen wide areas with a large number of Brownfields to identify locations with best potentials for redevelopment. The French Alsace regional authorities and the Auvergne Rhone Alpes Regional Council are strongly supporting prioritisation approaches by being involved in brownfield redevelopment initiatives. Only a few tools supporting “regional brownfield prioritisation” strategies already exist or are in the process of being developed for administrations and brownfield portfolio managers. These are mainly spatial decision support tools based on multi-criteria analysis (MCA). Noteworthy is the Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool (TBPT), a freely available web-based tool assisting stakeholders in brownfield reuse. It was developed under the TIMBRE FP7 R&I project. A similar prioritisation tool relying on a MCA is being developed and tested for the French Alsace Regional authority. This tool is required as part of a regional strategy to encourage transparent decision-making process in sites prioritisation and selection, especially for those where groundwater is potentially contaminated and would benefit from state funding for remediation. The Auvergne-Rhone Alpes region, through its regional brownfield initiative called “ID Friche”, is developing an approach to provide tools to inform decision makers in how to improve efficiency of Brownfields redevelopment. The aims of the session are to share knowledge and experience on prioritisation approaches and to discuss best ways to develop prioritisation tools being sensitive for different spatial dimensions, e.g. the national and regional context. Part 1 Presentations on existing prioritisation approaches state-of-art: -Development of a brownfield prioritisation tools for the French Alsacian local authority based on available data (E. Limasset, BRGM, FR) -Feedbacks from the application of the TIMBRE prioritisation tool in 5 case studies at European level (L. Pizzol, University Ca’Foscari Venice, IT) -Co-Design of a brownfield prioritisation approach for the French Auvergne Rhône Alpes Regional Council from a stakeholders’ needs perspective (C. Merly & B. Clozel, BRGM, FR) -Challenges and obstacles in transdisciplinary research: The case of a web-based brownfield prioritisation tool development (P. Klusáček, Institute of Geonics, CZ). Part 2 Discussions on expectations, perceptions, experiences and concerns related to effective brownfield prioritisation. Debate on ways to proceed to develop suitable and effective prioritisation tools (available data or stakeholders’ needs, or both) in order to draw recommendations and incentives for improved prioritisation tool development and use according to different scenarios.
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targeted selection of Brownfields from portfolios for sustainable regeneration user experiences from five cases testing the timbre brownfield prioritization tool
Journal of Environmental Management, 2016Co-Authors: Stanislav Martinát, Petr Klusáček, Bohumil Frantál, Stephan Bartke, Lisa Pizzol, Filip Alexandrescu, Andrea Critto, Alex ZabeoAbstract:Prioritizing Brownfields for redevelopment in real estate portfolios can contribute to more sustainable regeneration and land management. Owners of large real estate and brownfield portfolios are challenged to allocate their limited resources to the development of the most critical or promising sites, in terms of time and cost efficiency. Authorities worried about the negative impacts of Brownfields – in particular in the case of potential contamination – on the environment and society also need to prioritize their resources to those Brownfields that most urgently deserve attention and intervention. Yet, numerous factors have to be considered for prioritizing actions, in particular when adhering to sustainability principles. Several multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approaches and tools have been suggested in order to support these actors in managing their brownfield portfolios. Based on lessons learned from the literature on success factors, sustainability assessment and MCDA approaches, researchers from a recent EU project have developed the web-based Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool (TBPT). It facilitates assessment and prioritization of a portfolio of sites on the basis of the probability of successful and sustainable regeneration or according to individually specified objectives. This paper introduces the challenges of brownfield portfolio management in general and reports about the application of the TBPT in five cases: practical test-uses by two large institutional land owners from Germany, a local and a regional administrative body from the Czech Republic, and an expert from a national environmental authority from Romania. Based on literature requirements for sustainability assessment tools and on the end-users’ feedbacks from the practical tests, we discuss the TBPT's strengths and weaknesses in order to inform and give recommendations for future development of prioritization tools.
Petr Klusáček - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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re reuse of regenerated Brownfields lessons from an eastern european post industrial city
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018Co-Authors: Stanislav Martinát, Petr Klusáček, Joseph Navratil, Justin B Hollander, Jakub Trojan, Pavel Klapka, David KalokAbstract:Abstract Brownfields constitute a substantial portion of the land area in post-industrial cities. Many Brownfields have been regenerated for various uses, addressing a range of extant problems in urban areas. However, re-use plans for current Brownfields are driven by market demand and public sector prioritization and do not always meet the requirements of local residents and visitors. In this paper, we investigate how a range of Brownfields re-use options are perceived by residents and visitors to the Landek area in the city of Ostrava (Czech Republic). By analysing the results of the questionnaire survey (n = 180) we found that future Brownfields uses such as culture/sport and children's park are the most popular options. We found that gender was a statistically significant predictor of preferred reuse options. Women are strong supporters of the above-mentioned re-use options, while men tend to favour re-use options which promote industry. Remarkably, respondents, in general, lacked concrete ideas concerning alternative re-use options of Brownfields, suggesting that professional urban planners can be of assistance in the planning of the future use of brownfield sites.
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Brownfields do not “only live twice”: The possibilities for heritage preservation and the enlargement of leisure time activities in Brno, the Czech Republic
Cities, 2017Co-Authors: Josef Navrátil, Stanislav Martinát, Tomas Krejci, Martin J. Pasqualetti, Petr Klusáček, Bohumil Frantál, Klara TochackovaAbstract:Abstract Central Europe is replete with legacy contaminated sites, commonly called “Brownfields”. The question is what can be done to remediate them and make them again safe and useful to society. This question is addressed in post-socialistic city of Brno, the Czech Republic. Our research assesses public perceptions of such sites that are currently utilized for the leisure time activities. Special attention is paid to public views of heritage preservation as an option for brownfield regeneration. The principal aim of the paper is to measure public support of heritage preservation through the conversion of Brownfields to leisure activities and tourism. Data were gathered by means of the questionnaire survey with visitors of four Brownfields currently being used for leisure time activities (n = 130). It was revealed that the awareness of the visitors of the issue of brownfield regeneration is very low, and that importantly affects the perception of heritage preservation of individual sites. Further, the opinions of the respondents are significantly influenced by the local contexts of individual Brownfields (predominantly by the situation and the technical state). However, it might be stated that in locations where the historical state of building has already been repaired, historical heritage is perceived more positively.
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Prioritisation strategies for regional brownfield redevelopment: Perspectives & Feedback on existing tools and approaches
2017Co-Authors: Elsa Limasset, Stanislav Martinát, Petr Klusáček, Stephan Bartke, Lisa Pizzol, Corinne Merly, Sonia Doisy, Anne Dubromel, Blandine ClozelAbstract:Brownfield reuse is increasingly advocated as an alternative to sealing so far undeveloped land. Several European companies, communities and regions have built brownfield registers to steer brownfield investments. Having different brownfield redevelopment options, a proper selection of most promising sites is a pre-requisite to efficiently allocate the limited financial resources. Authorities are in need of strategies and tools to screen wide areas with a large number of Brownfields to identify locations with best potentials for redevelopment. The French Alsace regional authorities and the Auvergne Rhone Alpes Regional Council are strongly supporting prioritisation approaches by being involved in brownfield redevelopment initiatives. Only a few tools supporting “regional brownfield prioritisation” strategies already exist or are in the process of being developed for administrations and brownfield portfolio managers. These are mainly spatial decision support tools based on multi-criteria analysis (MCA). Noteworthy is the Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool (TBPT), a freely available web-based tool assisting stakeholders in brownfield reuse. It was developed under the TIMBRE FP7 R&I project. A similar prioritisation tool relying on a MCA is being developed and tested for the French Alsace Regional authority. This tool is required as part of a regional strategy to encourage transparent decision-making process in sites prioritisation and selection, especially for those where groundwater is potentially contaminated and would benefit from state funding for remediation. The Auvergne-Rhone Alpes region, through its regional brownfield initiative called “ID Friche”, is developing an approach to provide tools to inform decision makers in how to improve efficiency of Brownfields redevelopment. The aims of the session are to share knowledge and experience on prioritisation approaches and to discuss best ways to develop prioritisation tools being sensitive for different spatial dimensions, e.g. the national and regional context. Part 1 Presentations on existing prioritisation approaches state-of-art: -Development of a brownfield prioritisation tools for the French Alsacian local authority based on available data (E. Limasset, BRGM, FR) -Feedbacks from the application of the TIMBRE prioritisation tool in 5 case studies at European level (L. Pizzol, University Ca’Foscari Venice, IT) -Co-Design of a brownfield prioritisation approach for the French Auvergne Rhône Alpes Regional Council from a stakeholders’ needs perspective (C. Merly & B. Clozel, BRGM, FR) -Challenges and obstacles in transdisciplinary research: The case of a web-based brownfield prioritisation tool development (P. Klusáček, Institute of Geonics, CZ). Part 2 Discussions on expectations, perceptions, experiences and concerns related to effective brownfield prioritisation. Debate on ways to proceed to develop suitable and effective prioritisation tools (available data or stakeholders’ needs, or both) in order to draw recommendations and incentives for improved prioritisation tool development and use according to different scenarios.
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targeted selection of Brownfields from portfolios for sustainable regeneration user experiences from five cases testing the timbre brownfield prioritization tool
Journal of Environmental Management, 2016Co-Authors: Stanislav Martinát, Petr Klusáček, Bohumil Frantál, Stephan Bartke, Lisa Pizzol, Filip Alexandrescu, Andrea Critto, Alex ZabeoAbstract:Prioritizing Brownfields for redevelopment in real estate portfolios can contribute to more sustainable regeneration and land management. Owners of large real estate and brownfield portfolios are challenged to allocate their limited resources to the development of the most critical or promising sites, in terms of time and cost efficiency. Authorities worried about the negative impacts of Brownfields – in particular in the case of potential contamination – on the environment and society also need to prioritize their resources to those Brownfields that most urgently deserve attention and intervention. Yet, numerous factors have to be considered for prioritizing actions, in particular when adhering to sustainability principles. Several multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approaches and tools have been suggested in order to support these actors in managing their brownfield portfolios. Based on lessons learned from the literature on success factors, sustainability assessment and MCDA approaches, researchers from a recent EU project have developed the web-based Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool (TBPT). It facilitates assessment and prioritization of a portfolio of sites on the basis of the probability of successful and sustainable regeneration or according to individually specified objectives. This paper introduces the challenges of brownfield portfolio management in general and reports about the application of the TBPT in five cases: practical test-uses by two large institutional land owners from Germany, a local and a regional administrative body from the Czech Republic, and an expert from a national environmental authority from Romania. Based on literature requirements for sustainability assessment tools and on the end-users’ feedbacks from the practical tests, we discuss the TBPT's strengths and weaknesses in order to inform and give recommendations for future development of prioritization tools.
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sustainable urban development in a city affected by heavy industry and mining case study of Brownfields in karvina czech republic
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016Co-Authors: Stanislav Martinát, Josef Navrátil, Petr Klusáček, Bohumil Frantál, Kamila Tureckova, Petr Dvorak, Josef Kunc, Robert Osman, Matt ReedAbstract:Due to recent societal changes ‘brownfield’ sites have gradually become a significant element in planning urban development. Brownfields can occur as a barrier and obstacle to the development of the urban organism but simultaneously they also represent unrealised potential. Brownfields, ex-industrial sites, are greater in those cities whose development was based on heavy industry or mining. In the first part of this paper theoretical concepts linked to the regeneration of Brownfields are discussed, the second part is devoted to a case study of Karvina, in the Czech Republic, where the driving forces behind the occurrence of Brownfields, their spatial distribution, and their prospects for regeneration are analysed. It was found that 28 brownfield sites on 121 ha are located in surveyed city with the majority having industrial and mining origins. Majority of local Brownfields are owned by a local mining company. The perception of individual sites by the local population was ascertained via a questionnaire survey (n = 150). This found that awareness about problems connected to Brownfields is quite limited and that local population perceive post-mining Brownfields, located in more distant locations, as an opportunity for new industries to create job opportunities in city with significant unemployment problems.
Bohumil Frantál - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Brownfields do not “only live twice”: The possibilities for heritage preservation and the enlargement of leisure time activities in Brno, the Czech Republic
Cities, 2017Co-Authors: Josef Navrátil, Stanislav Martinát, Tomas Krejci, Martin J. Pasqualetti, Petr Klusáček, Bohumil Frantál, Klara TochackovaAbstract:Abstract Central Europe is replete with legacy contaminated sites, commonly called “Brownfields”. The question is what can be done to remediate them and make them again safe and useful to society. This question is addressed in post-socialistic city of Brno, the Czech Republic. Our research assesses public perceptions of such sites that are currently utilized for the leisure time activities. Special attention is paid to public views of heritage preservation as an option for brownfield regeneration. The principal aim of the paper is to measure public support of heritage preservation through the conversion of Brownfields to leisure activities and tourism. Data were gathered by means of the questionnaire survey with visitors of four Brownfields currently being used for leisure time activities (n = 130). It was revealed that the awareness of the visitors of the issue of brownfield regeneration is very low, and that importantly affects the perception of heritage preservation of individual sites. Further, the opinions of the respondents are significantly influenced by the local contexts of individual Brownfields (predominantly by the situation and the technical state). However, it might be stated that in locations where the historical state of building has already been repaired, historical heritage is perceived more positively.
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targeted selection of Brownfields from portfolios for sustainable regeneration user experiences from five cases testing the timbre brownfield prioritization tool
Journal of Environmental Management, 2016Co-Authors: Stanislav Martinát, Petr Klusáček, Bohumil Frantál, Stephan Bartke, Lisa Pizzol, Filip Alexandrescu, Andrea Critto, Alex ZabeoAbstract:Prioritizing Brownfields for redevelopment in real estate portfolios can contribute to more sustainable regeneration and land management. Owners of large real estate and brownfield portfolios are challenged to allocate their limited resources to the development of the most critical or promising sites, in terms of time and cost efficiency. Authorities worried about the negative impacts of Brownfields – in particular in the case of potential contamination – on the environment and society also need to prioritize their resources to those Brownfields that most urgently deserve attention and intervention. Yet, numerous factors have to be considered for prioritizing actions, in particular when adhering to sustainability principles. Several multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approaches and tools have been suggested in order to support these actors in managing their brownfield portfolios. Based on lessons learned from the literature on success factors, sustainability assessment and MCDA approaches, researchers from a recent EU project have developed the web-based Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool (TBPT). It facilitates assessment and prioritization of a portfolio of sites on the basis of the probability of successful and sustainable regeneration or according to individually specified objectives. This paper introduces the challenges of brownfield portfolio management in general and reports about the application of the TBPT in five cases: practical test-uses by two large institutional land owners from Germany, a local and a regional administrative body from the Czech Republic, and an expert from a national environmental authority from Romania. Based on literature requirements for sustainability assessment tools and on the end-users’ feedbacks from the practical tests, we discuss the TBPT's strengths and weaknesses in order to inform and give recommendations for future development of prioritization tools.
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sustainable urban development in a city affected by heavy industry and mining case study of Brownfields in karvina czech republic
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016Co-Authors: Stanislav Martinát, Josef Navrátil, Petr Klusáček, Bohumil Frantál, Kamila Tureckova, Petr Dvorak, Josef Kunc, Robert Osman, Matt ReedAbstract:Due to recent societal changes ‘brownfield’ sites have gradually become a significant element in planning urban development. Brownfields can occur as a barrier and obstacle to the development of the urban organism but simultaneously they also represent unrealised potential. Brownfields, ex-industrial sites, are greater in those cities whose development was based on heavy industry or mining. In the first part of this paper theoretical concepts linked to the regeneration of Brownfields are discussed, the second part is devoted to a case study of Karvina, in the Czech Republic, where the driving forces behind the occurrence of Brownfields, their spatial distribution, and their prospects for regeneration are analysed. It was found that 28 brownfield sites on 121 ha are located in surveyed city with the majority having industrial and mining origins. Majority of local Brownfields are owned by a local mining company. The perception of individual sites by the local population was ascertained via a questionnaire survey (n = 150). This found that awareness about problems connected to Brownfields is quite limited and that local population perceive post-mining Brownfields, located in more distant locations, as an opportunity for new industries to create job opportunities in city with significant unemployment problems.
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Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool to support effective brownfield regeneration
Journal of environmental management, 2015Co-Authors: Lisa Pizzol, Stanislav Martinát, Petr Klusáček, Bohumil Frantál, Josef Kunc, Robert Osman, Andrea Critto, Alex Zabeo, Elisa Giubilato, Stephan BartkeAbstract:In the last decade, the regeneration of derelict or underused sites, fully or partly located in urban areas (or so called "Brownfields"), has become more common, since free developable land (or so called "greenfields") has more and more become a scare and, hence, more expensive resource, especially in densely populated areas. Although the regeneration of brownfield sites can offer development potentials, the complexity of these sites requires considerable efforts to successfully complete their revitalization projects and the proper selection of promising sites is a pre-requisite to efficiently allocate the limited financial resources. The identification and analysis of success factors for brownfield sites regeneration can support investors and decision makers in selecting those sites which are the most advantageous for successful regeneration. The objective of this paper is to present the Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool (TBPT), developed as a web-based solution to assist stakeholders responsible for wider territories or clusters of brownfield sites (portfolios) to identify which brownfield sites should be preferably considered for redevelopment or further investigation. The prioritization approach is based on a set of success factors properly identified through a systematic stakeholder engagement procedure. Within the TBPT these success factors are integrated by means of a Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methodology, which includes stakeholders' requalification objectives and perspectives related to the brownfield regeneration process and takes into account the three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and environmental dimensions). The tool has been applied to the South Moravia case study (Czech Republic), considering two different requalification objectives identified by local stakeholders, namely the selection of suitable locations for the development of a shopping centre and a solar power plant, respectively. The application of the TBPT to the case study showed that it is flexible and easy to adapt to different local contexts, allowing the assessors to introduce locally relevant parameters identified according to their expertise and considering the availability of local data.
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assessing success factors of Brownfields regeneration international and inter stakeholder perspective
Transylvanian review of administrative sciences, 2015Co-Authors: Bohumil Frantál, Petr Klusáček, Josef Kunc, Stanislav MartinátAbstract:The paper presents the results of an international comparative survey of stakeholders from four European countries (the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland and Romania). The aim was to identify and classify the ‘success factors’ of Brownfields regeneration and to detect significant convergences and divergences concerning the drivers and barriers of regeneration processes in different geographical and institutional contexts. The existence of ecological burden or site contamination, overall regeneration costs and clarified ownership relations are considered the most important factors of regeneration internationally. Especially in Romania but also in Poland, the factors at national level (legislation, incentives, and foreign direct investments) are perceived to be more influential than in the Czech Republic and Germany, where a stronger emphasis is put on the location factors (whether a brownfield is located in rural, urban or inner city area) and transport links. Physical attributes such as the site’s area and terrain are also considered among the most significant factors in Romania. While representatives of public administration emphasized more the importance of legislation, state incentives and general localization, the investors and developers highlighted local factors (landscape protection limits, place marketing, and previous use of Brownfields). The emphasis on political and geographical factors increases with the level of experience of stakeholders, while the emphasis on site specific factors decreases with the length of experience.
Stephan Bartke - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Prioritisation strategies for regional brownfield redevelopment: Perspectives & Feedback on existing tools and approaches
2017Co-Authors: Elsa Limasset, Stanislav Martinát, Petr Klusáček, Stephan Bartke, Lisa Pizzol, Corinne Merly, Sonia Doisy, Anne Dubromel, Blandine ClozelAbstract:Brownfield reuse is increasingly advocated as an alternative to sealing so far undeveloped land. Several European companies, communities and regions have built brownfield registers to steer brownfield investments. Having different brownfield redevelopment options, a proper selection of most promising sites is a pre-requisite to efficiently allocate the limited financial resources. Authorities are in need of strategies and tools to screen wide areas with a large number of Brownfields to identify locations with best potentials for redevelopment. The French Alsace regional authorities and the Auvergne Rhone Alpes Regional Council are strongly supporting prioritisation approaches by being involved in brownfield redevelopment initiatives. Only a few tools supporting “regional brownfield prioritisation” strategies already exist or are in the process of being developed for administrations and brownfield portfolio managers. These are mainly spatial decision support tools based on multi-criteria analysis (MCA). Noteworthy is the Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool (TBPT), a freely available web-based tool assisting stakeholders in brownfield reuse. It was developed under the TIMBRE FP7 R&I project. A similar prioritisation tool relying on a MCA is being developed and tested for the French Alsace Regional authority. This tool is required as part of a regional strategy to encourage transparent decision-making process in sites prioritisation and selection, especially for those where groundwater is potentially contaminated and would benefit from state funding for remediation. The Auvergne-Rhone Alpes region, through its regional brownfield initiative called “ID Friche”, is developing an approach to provide tools to inform decision makers in how to improve efficiency of Brownfields redevelopment. The aims of the session are to share knowledge and experience on prioritisation approaches and to discuss best ways to develop prioritisation tools being sensitive for different spatial dimensions, e.g. the national and regional context. Part 1 Presentations on existing prioritisation approaches state-of-art: -Development of a brownfield prioritisation tools for the French Alsacian local authority based on available data (E. Limasset, BRGM, FR) -Feedbacks from the application of the TIMBRE prioritisation tool in 5 case studies at European level (L. Pizzol, University Ca’Foscari Venice, IT) -Co-Design of a brownfield prioritisation approach for the French Auvergne Rhône Alpes Regional Council from a stakeholders’ needs perspective (C. Merly & B. Clozel, BRGM, FR) -Challenges and obstacles in transdisciplinary research: The case of a web-based brownfield prioritisation tool development (P. Klusáček, Institute of Geonics, CZ). Part 2 Discussions on expectations, perceptions, experiences and concerns related to effective brownfield prioritisation. Debate on ways to proceed to develop suitable and effective prioritisation tools (available data or stakeholders’ needs, or both) in order to draw recommendations and incentives for improved prioritisation tool development and use according to different scenarios.
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targeted selection of Brownfields from portfolios for sustainable regeneration user experiences from five cases testing the timbre brownfield prioritization tool
Journal of Environmental Management, 2016Co-Authors: Stanislav Martinát, Petr Klusáček, Bohumil Frantál, Stephan Bartke, Lisa Pizzol, Filip Alexandrescu, Andrea Critto, Alex ZabeoAbstract:Prioritizing Brownfields for redevelopment in real estate portfolios can contribute to more sustainable regeneration and land management. Owners of large real estate and brownfield portfolios are challenged to allocate their limited resources to the development of the most critical or promising sites, in terms of time and cost efficiency. Authorities worried about the negative impacts of Brownfields – in particular in the case of potential contamination – on the environment and society also need to prioritize their resources to those Brownfields that most urgently deserve attention and intervention. Yet, numerous factors have to be considered for prioritizing actions, in particular when adhering to sustainability principles. Several multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approaches and tools have been suggested in order to support these actors in managing their brownfield portfolios. Based on lessons learned from the literature on success factors, sustainability assessment and MCDA approaches, researchers from a recent EU project have developed the web-based Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool (TBPT). It facilitates assessment and prioritization of a portfolio of sites on the basis of the probability of successful and sustainable regeneration or according to individually specified objectives. This paper introduces the challenges of brownfield portfolio management in general and reports about the application of the TBPT in five cases: practical test-uses by two large institutional land owners from Germany, a local and a regional administrative body from the Czech Republic, and an expert from a national environmental authority from Romania. Based on literature requirements for sustainability assessment tools and on the end-users’ feedbacks from the practical tests, we discuss the TBPT's strengths and weaknesses in order to inform and give recommendations for future development of prioritization tools.
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Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool to support effective brownfield regeneration
Journal of environmental management, 2015Co-Authors: Lisa Pizzol, Stanislav Martinát, Petr Klusáček, Bohumil Frantál, Josef Kunc, Robert Osman, Andrea Critto, Alex Zabeo, Elisa Giubilato, Stephan BartkeAbstract:In the last decade, the regeneration of derelict or underused sites, fully or partly located in urban areas (or so called "Brownfields"), has become more common, since free developable land (or so called "greenfields") has more and more become a scare and, hence, more expensive resource, especially in densely populated areas. Although the regeneration of brownfield sites can offer development potentials, the complexity of these sites requires considerable efforts to successfully complete their revitalization projects and the proper selection of promising sites is a pre-requisite to efficiently allocate the limited financial resources. The identification and analysis of success factors for brownfield sites regeneration can support investors and decision makers in selecting those sites which are the most advantageous for successful regeneration. The objective of this paper is to present the Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool (TBPT), developed as a web-based solution to assist stakeholders responsible for wider territories or clusters of brownfield sites (portfolios) to identify which brownfield sites should be preferably considered for redevelopment or further investigation. The prioritization approach is based on a set of success factors properly identified through a systematic stakeholder engagement procedure. Within the TBPT these success factors are integrated by means of a Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methodology, which includes stakeholders' requalification objectives and perspectives related to the brownfield regeneration process and takes into account the three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and environmental dimensions). The tool has been applied to the South Moravia case study (Czech Republic), considering two different requalification objectives identified by local stakeholders, namely the selection of suitable locations for the development of a shopping centre and a solar power plant, respectively. The application of the TBPT to the case study showed that it is flexible and easy to adapt to different local contexts, allowing the assessors to introduce locally relevant parameters identified according to their expertise and considering the availability of local data.
Josef Kunc - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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sustainable urban development in a city affected by heavy industry and mining case study of Brownfields in karvina czech republic
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016Co-Authors: Stanislav Martinát, Josef Navrátil, Petr Klusáček, Bohumil Frantál, Kamila Tureckova, Petr Dvorak, Josef Kunc, Robert Osman, Matt ReedAbstract:Due to recent societal changes ‘brownfield’ sites have gradually become a significant element in planning urban development. Brownfields can occur as a barrier and obstacle to the development of the urban organism but simultaneously they also represent unrealised potential. Brownfields, ex-industrial sites, are greater in those cities whose development was based on heavy industry or mining. In the first part of this paper theoretical concepts linked to the regeneration of Brownfields are discussed, the second part is devoted to a case study of Karvina, in the Czech Republic, where the driving forces behind the occurrence of Brownfields, their spatial distribution, and their prospects for regeneration are analysed. It was found that 28 brownfield sites on 121 ha are located in surveyed city with the majority having industrial and mining origins. Majority of local Brownfields are owned by a local mining company. The perception of individual sites by the local population was ascertained via a questionnaire survey (n = 150). This found that awareness about problems connected to Brownfields is quite limited and that local population perceive post-mining Brownfields, located in more distant locations, as an opportunity for new industries to create job opportunities in city with significant unemployment problems.
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Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool to support effective brownfield regeneration
Journal of environmental management, 2015Co-Authors: Lisa Pizzol, Stanislav Martinát, Petr Klusáček, Bohumil Frantál, Josef Kunc, Robert Osman, Andrea Critto, Alex Zabeo, Elisa Giubilato, Stephan BartkeAbstract:In the last decade, the regeneration of derelict or underused sites, fully or partly located in urban areas (or so called "Brownfields"), has become more common, since free developable land (or so called "greenfields") has more and more become a scare and, hence, more expensive resource, especially in densely populated areas. Although the regeneration of brownfield sites can offer development potentials, the complexity of these sites requires considerable efforts to successfully complete their revitalization projects and the proper selection of promising sites is a pre-requisite to efficiently allocate the limited financial resources. The identification and analysis of success factors for brownfield sites regeneration can support investors and decision makers in selecting those sites which are the most advantageous for successful regeneration. The objective of this paper is to present the Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool (TBPT), developed as a web-based solution to assist stakeholders responsible for wider territories or clusters of brownfield sites (portfolios) to identify which brownfield sites should be preferably considered for redevelopment or further investigation. The prioritization approach is based on a set of success factors properly identified through a systematic stakeholder engagement procedure. Within the TBPT these success factors are integrated by means of a Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methodology, which includes stakeholders' requalification objectives and perspectives related to the brownfield regeneration process and takes into account the three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and environmental dimensions). The tool has been applied to the South Moravia case study (Czech Republic), considering two different requalification objectives identified by local stakeholders, namely the selection of suitable locations for the development of a shopping centre and a solar power plant, respectively. The application of the TBPT to the case study showed that it is flexible and easy to adapt to different local contexts, allowing the assessors to introduce locally relevant parameters identified according to their expertise and considering the availability of local data.
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assessing success factors of Brownfields regeneration international and inter stakeholder perspective
Transylvanian review of administrative sciences, 2015Co-Authors: Bohumil Frantál, Petr Klusáček, Josef Kunc, Stanislav MartinátAbstract:The paper presents the results of an international comparative survey of stakeholders from four European countries (the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland and Romania). The aim was to identify and classify the ‘success factors’ of Brownfields regeneration and to detect significant convergences and divergences concerning the drivers and barriers of regeneration processes in different geographical and institutional contexts. The existence of ecological burden or site contamination, overall regeneration costs and clarified ownership relations are considered the most important factors of regeneration internationally. Especially in Romania but also in Poland, the factors at national level (legislation, incentives, and foreign direct investments) are perceived to be more influential than in the Czech Republic and Germany, where a stronger emphasis is put on the location factors (whether a brownfield is located in rural, urban or inner city area) and transport links. Physical attributes such as the site’s area and terrain are also considered among the most significant factors in Romania. While representatives of public administration emphasized more the importance of legislation, state incentives and general localization, the investors and developers highlighted local factors (landscape protection limits, place marketing, and previous use of Brownfields). The emphasis on political and geographical factors increases with the level of experience of stakeholders, while the emphasis on site specific factors decreases with the length of experience.
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from wasted land to megawatts how to convert Brownfields into solar power plants the case of the czech republic
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2014Co-Authors: Petr Klusáček, Stanislav Martinát, Marek Havlíček, Josef Kunc, Petr Dvořak, Petr TonevAbstract:This article deals with the issue of brownfield redevelopment for the needs of solar energy projects from different perspectives. Attention is first paid to a brief characterisation of the data and information available both for Brownfields and for solar energy projects in the Czech Republic. Then there is description from the most important results of GIS analysis, which (based on a comparison of aerial images from different years) identified the previous uses at the 127 solar power plants with an output of over 1 MWp in the South Moravian Region. The results of the quantitative analyses are accompanied by knowledge from a qualitative survey conducted on selected actors participating in this kind of brownfield regeneration for solar energy development. The conclusion contains proposals which could contribute to the more intensive future use of Brownfields for the needs of solar energy in the Czech Republic (a similar process to what has already successfully been realised in Germany). The research results can be inspiring not only for the Czech Republic but also for other EU-member counrties where Brownfields have not been re-used for the needs of solar energy projects or where Brownfields have been used in this way only marginally.
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Brownfields and tourism contributions and barriers from the point of view of tourists
2014Co-Authors: Stanislav Martinát, Tomas Krejci, Petr Klusáček, Tomas Dohnal, Josef KuncAbstract:Přispěvek se zabýva souvislostmi vztahů mezi regeneraci brownfieldů a rozvojem cestovniho ruchu. Ve sve prvni casti jsou v přispěvku analyzovany souvislosti dvou výse uvedených fenomenů z pohledu teorie, ve druhe casti jsou prezentovany empiricke výsledky založene na dotaznikovem setřeni provedenem mezi turisty ve třech lokalitach ploch v Jihomoravskem kraji (Westernove městecko v Boskovicich, Agrocentrum Ohrada ve Viskach a Hotel Sudický dvůr v Sudicich), ktere jsou v soucasne době využivany pro potřeby cestovniho ruchu, nicmeně slo o brownfieldy. Předkladaný přispěvek se snaži odpovědět na zakladni otazku, a to jak turiste vnimaji regenerovane brownfieldy, ktere nasly sve nove využiti v cestovnim ruchu. Respondenti výzkumu (n=180) mimo take identifikovali typy noveho využiti ploch brownfieldů s největsim potencialem. V prvnim připadě, největsi potencial byl spatřovan v brownfieldech po průmyslove výrobě (již meně v brownfieldech po zemědělských aktivitach), na druhou stranu jako nejvice problematicke z pohledu budouciho využiti byly nejcastěji zmiňovany brownfieldy, ktere vznikly z obytných budov. Dale z výzkumu vyplynulo, že nove využiti zkoumaných ploch brownfieldů pro potřeby cestovniho ruchu je turisty považovano za vhodne, nicmeně objevily se take relativně silne postoje, ktere hovořily ve prospěch noveho využiti brownfieldů pro průmyslove a zemědělske aktivity. V zavěrecne casti přispěvku jsou diskutovana doporuceni jak soukromým, tak i veřejným investorům.
