Are EU policies for brownfield redevelopment sufficient? A case study of Alpine industrial landscapes in the context of small and medium-sized towns
Small and medium-sized industrial towns in the Alpine area are often peripheral and degraded. These areas have also experienced declines in population and business opportunities as well as substantial environmental remediation costs, and they have undergone complex transformations. This research inv...
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| description | Small and medium-sized industrial towns in the Alpine
area are often peripheral and degraded. These areas have
also experienced declines in population and business opportunities as well as substantial environmental remediation costs, and they have undergone complex transformations. This research investigates what options towns
with Alpine industrial brownfields have for redevelopment, what support is offered by the European Union,
and how much development potential is fully valorized in
this way. The evaluation was undertaken using four case
studies of peripheral regions in four Alpine countries:
Austria, France, Italy, and Slovenia. The results reveal that
brownfields are not sufficiently covered by current EU
policies, and that financial incentives are spread among
several resources and, consequently, are difficult to absorb. In addition, the regions in question do not possess
the required knowledge or capacity (both individually
and collectively) to obtain the funds needed to turn their
ideas into successful redevelopment stories. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d883323abc9461497ade3a0efcd24242022-12-22T02:40:46ZengUrbanistični inštitut RSUrbani Izziv1855-83992022-06-013319310410.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2022-33-01-0303536483Are EU policies for brownfield redevelopment sufficient? A case study of Alpine industrial landscapes in the context of small and medium-sized townsManca Krošelj0Tomaž Pipan1Naja Marot2 University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Department of landscape architecture, Ljubljana, Slovenia University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Department of landscape architecture, Ljubljana, Slovenia University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Department of landscape architecture, Ljubljana, Slovenia Small and medium-sized industrial towns in the Alpine area are often peripheral and degraded. These areas have also experienced declines in population and business opportunities as well as substantial environmental remediation costs, and they have undergone complex transformations. This research investigates what options towns with Alpine industrial brownfields have for redevelopment, what support is offered by the European Union, and how much development potential is fully valorized in this way. The evaluation was undertaken using four case studies of peripheral regions in four Alpine countries: Austria, France, Italy, and Slovenia. The results reveal that brownfields are not sufficiently covered by current EU policies, and that financial incentives are spread among several resources and, consequently, are difficult to absorb. In addition, the regions in question do not possess the required knowledge or capacity (both individually and collectively) to obtain the funds needed to turn their ideas into successful redevelopment stories. http://www.urbaniizziv.si/Portals/urbaniizziv/Clanki/2022/urbani-izziv-en-2022-33-01-03.pdf small and medium-sized townsbrownfield redevelopmentalpine regionspolicy analysiseu policies |
| spellingShingle | Manca Krošelj Tomaž Pipan Naja Marot Are EU policies for brownfield redevelopment sufficient? A case study of Alpine industrial landscapes in the context of small and medium-sized towns Urbani Izziv small and medium-sized towns brownfield redevelopment alpine regions policy analysis eu policies |
| title | Are EU policies for brownfield redevelopment
sufficient? A case study of Alpine industrial
landscapes in the context of small and
medium-sized towns |
| title_full | Are EU policies for brownfield redevelopment
sufficient? A case study of Alpine industrial
landscapes in the context of small and
medium-sized towns |
| title_fullStr | Are EU policies for brownfield redevelopment
sufficient? A case study of Alpine industrial
landscapes in the context of small and
medium-sized towns |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are EU policies for brownfield redevelopment
sufficient? A case study of Alpine industrial
landscapes in the context of small and
medium-sized towns |
| title_short | Are EU policies for brownfield redevelopment
sufficient? A case study of Alpine industrial
landscapes in the context of small and
medium-sized towns |
| title_sort | are eu policies for brownfield redevelopment sufficient a case study of alpine industrial landscapes in the context of small and medium sized towns |
| topic | small and medium-sized towns brownfield redevelopment alpine regions policy analysis eu policies |
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