Spatial Identification and Redevelopment Evaluation of Brownfields in the Perspective of Urban Complex Ecosystems: A Case of Wuhu City, China

Zihao Wang, Xiaoqiang Chen, Na Huang, Yinan Yang, Li Wang and Yuan Wang
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Zihao Wang: School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, 189 Jiuhua South Road, Wuhu 241002, China
Xiaoqiang Chen: Neweco Design Co., Ltd., 323 Guoding Road, Shanghai 200433, China
Na Huang: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, 2999 Renmin North Road, Shanghai 201600, China
Yinan Yang: School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, 189 Jiuhua South Road, Wuhu 241002, China
Li Wang: School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, 189 Jiuhua South Road, Wuhu 241002, China
Yuan Wang: School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, 189 Jiuhua South Road, Wuhu 241002, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 1, 1-25

Abstract: Rapid industrialization and urbanization in China have led to a rapid increase in the number of brownfields, however there is a lack of identification of the spatial extent of brownfields in cities and accurate assessment of brownfield redevelopment. Based on the relationship between brownfields and urban complex ecosystems, this paper defines brownfields in China and constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system including socio-economic and ecological subsystems. Using Wuhu City as empirical evidence, 19 brownfields were identified using remote sensing data and field surveys. Based on the detection of soil contaminants in brownfields, a fuzzy integrated evaluation method was used to suggest their redevelopment direction. It is found that the government’s planned land use types and the brownfield redevelopment evaluation results match to a large extent, but social, economic and ecological environmental factors should be more fully considered. At the same time, the identification and redevelopment of brownfield sites in the city as a whole need to be carried out by the government’s professional forces in order to obtain more effective and scientific conclusions.

Keywords: brownfield; urban complex ecosystem; spatial identification; brownfield redevelopment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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