Abstract
Brownfield land is one of the least exploited resources for urban development in a number of Eastern European countries. Establishing a rational strategy for redeveloping brownfields is an unambiguously complex task that requires considering a number of different economic, social, physical and environmental factors. The strategic decision-making has a long term impact on the quality of life, ecological balance and urban structure. Therefore, the paper is aimed at developing a comprehensive set of criteria that contribute to the redevelopment of brownfield land in urban areas. It focuses on six main development strategies that embrace creating residential, green, commercial, recreational activity and industrial areas or leaving land as a reserve. Geographic information system (GIS) tools are employed to collect the spatial information, obtain the initial set of criteria and derive the statistical data. Expert’s evaluations along with a statistical method of gauging the level of concordance of their opinion combined with Delphi method are used for determining significance of criteria within economic, social, physical (urbanistic) and environmental criteria groups. This study establishes the most significant criteria for implementing different scenarios of the brownfield land redevelopment in Vilnius, Lithuania. Developed framework will support the decision-making process in the brownfield land redevelopment aiding a sustainable urban planning.
Highlights
The reclamation of brownfield land, including old industrial and commercial areas, remains one of the priorities set by the EU policy aimed at gradually increasing density of population in urban areas
Brownfield land provides a possibility of using free space and potential for additional urban development considering changes in the needs of the population [4]
The research was performed using data acquired in twenty districts of Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania. It allowed determining the most significant criteria contributing to decision-making on brownfield land redevelopment strategies in urban areas
Summary
The reclamation of brownfield land, including old industrial and commercial areas, remains one of the priorities set by the EU policy aimed at gradually increasing density of population in urban areas. The regeneration of territories and redevelopment of the brownfield land are progressively running through sustainable development and should integrally solve social, economic and environmental issues as well the problems of the physical environment [20,21,22,23]. The need to reclaim unused urban brownfields, including military, industrial, and commercial buildings that do not perform their primary function, has significantly increased due to intensive economic processes, growing number of the population in big cities and the implementation of sustainable development policy [29,30,31,32]. The research was performed using data acquired in twenty districts (neighborhoods) of Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania It allowed determining the most significant criteria contributing to decision-making on brownfield land redevelopment strategies in urban areas. The obtained results will facilitate the decision-making process in the brownfield land redevelopment and assist the urban planning
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