Urban industrialization has caused severe land contamination at hundreds of thousands of
sites in cities all around the world, posing a serious health risk to millions of people. Many …

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 …

Green and blue infrastructure is a unique aspect of sustainable development in post-
industrial and post-mining cities. The article examines the issue of the characteristic post …

Decision-making on the directions of spatial development are particularly visible in post-
mining areas in large cities. This issue is one of the key themes in a discourse that focuses …

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 …

One of the governance responses to urban shrinkage and the accompanying problems of
city centre decline is mega-retail-led regeneration. It is a common regeneration tool that can …

The fall of the socialist system in the late 1980s determined major changes in the economy
of former socialist countries. These changes affected especially the mono industrial cities …

Brownfields particularly in old city centers reveal the story of abandonment and
concealment, shaping the identity and collective memory of urban areas. Therefore …

Old industrial cities abound with extensive infrastructures, which however no longer suit the
economic purposes, for which they were originally built. However either their demolition or a …

Central and Eastern Europe represents a specific geographical, political and social
environment. One of its inseparable parts is food production and its changing position in …