Landscape Ecology: Brownfield Redevelopment

LN 307 Landscape Ecology Fa Likitswat Faculty of Architecture and Planning Thammasat University

overview

Brownfield Redevelopment

Brownfield Sites Greening Brownfields Key Challenge in the processes Remediation processes

The way forward case studies

Questions?

Brownfields or Greenfields?

Minet before the restoration process, UK

Brownfield sites

Brownfields :
- - is a property on which expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be

complicated by the presence, or perceived presence, of contamination.

EPA, USA - - is a loose term used to describe land which have not. BBC, UK

has already been developed, as opposed to green field sites, which

- - unused and abandoned sites are scars

on the landscape and often the legacy of our industrial past. They are
the result of heavy industrial activity that did not pay as much attention to environmental concerns as we do today.
SGS

Brownfield Sites
- Unused housing and factories
- Abandoned Industrial sites - Dumpsites and Landfills - Land along railways, roads and expressways

Brownfield sites

- Parking lots
- Abandon aquaculture sites

++ Vacant/ Complicated

++ Landfills / Dumpsites

Edward Burtynsky Manufactured Landscapes

++ Unused Infrastructure

++ Vacant lots

++ Abandoned Shrimp Farm

Why does it matter?

Greening Brownfields

What are the benefits

of brownfield redevelopment?
Benefits to the community Eliminating health and safety hazards Eliminating eyesores Bringing new jobs into the community Bringing new investment into the community Increasing the productivity

of the land Increasing property values and tax receipts

by local and state governments Protecting ecosystem habitat ..........................................................

What's else?

Who are the key players

Challenges

in brownfield cleanup and redevelopment? (USA)

A variety of private and public sector organizations may play a role in the course of cleaning up and redeveloping brownfield sites. Not all of these organizations will be involved at every site.

Key players include State Environmental Agencies State Economic Development and Planning Agencies Commercial Lenders Technical Consultants Legal Counsel Citizens and Community Groups Local Government Agencies United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Developers

Brownfield Developers and Investors

Real Estate Professionals Local Community Development Corporations (CDCs) Federal Government Agencies

Challenges

Urban agriculture
Has potential to improve the quality of life in urban areas by increasing food security, providing opportunities for community development, and improving the aesthetics of the urban landscape.

Obstacles: land availability restricted budgets soil contamination.

Challenges

Soil Contamination
A major barrier to urban agriculture initiatives, because contaminants are present in most urban soils at levels higher than are accepted for agricultural use. These contaminants can be taken up by plants grown in these soils, and can be harmful to human health if the produce is consumed.

The barrier of land availability could be partially overcome if brownfields could be used as sites for urban agriculture.

Remediation Processes

Remediation
Remediation involves the removal of contaminants. Physical remediation ;
Excavation / Geotextiles / Soil washing / Soil vapour

Bioremediation remediation ;
Microbial remediation/ Phytoremediation/ Fungal remediation/ Compost remediation

Remediation Processes

Phytoremediation
The process of using plants to degrade organic contaminants or to extract toxic metals from the soil and transport them into the above-ground shoots.
In the case of extraction, the contaminated plants must later be disposed of soil.

The way forward

Discussion
What's the difficulties in Southeast Asia? How about Thailand?

The way forward

case studies

Bang Yee Chan Liquor Factory

case studies

Vacant Rail-yard and Grain Elevators (Proposal)

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Study on biodiversity in an

abandoned shrimp farm

References

References
Brownfields and Land Revitalization http://epa.gov/brownfields/

http://aecom.com/Where+We+Are/Asia/_news/AECOM+leads+the+way+i n+brownfield+remediation+and+redevelopment+in+China+with+launch+o f+new+publication

Red Mountain / Green Ribbon The Master Plan for Red Mountain Park http://www.asla.org/2012awards/584.html