Designing sustainable and economically attractive brownfield revitalization options using an integrated assessment model

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 827-837

  Schadler S ^a   Morio, M ^a   Bartke, S ^b   Rohr Zanker R ^c   Finkel, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c StadtRegion   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brownfield; Contaminated land appraisal; Decision making; Integrated assessment; Remediation cost; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LAND USE; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BROWNFIELDS; BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT; CASE-STUDIES; CONTAMINATED LAND APPRAISAL; CONTAMINATED LANDS; DECISIONS MAKINGS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; REMEDIATION COSTS; SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

BROWNFIELD SITE; CONTAMINATED LAND; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LAND EVALUATION; LAND USE PLANNING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; BROWNFIELD REVITALIZATION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 78650519159     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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