Design and Verification of a Simple Approach to Brownfields Categorization

Barbara Vojvodíková, Radim Fojtík and Iva Tichá
Additional contact information
Barbara Vojvodíková: Faculty of Civil Engineering, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 70800 Ostrava, Czech Republic
Radim Fojtík: Faculty of Civil Engineering, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 70800 Ostrava, Czech Republic
Iva Tichá: Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ostrava, 70200 Ostrava, Czech Republic

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 20, 1-15

Abstract: Brownfields have been the subject of research, evaluation, categorization and, of course, redevelopment for many years. The ABC(D) model (an assessment tool to identify different types of sites in terms of their potential) by the Concerted Action on Brownfield and Economic Regeneration Network (CABERNET) has been mentioned in many publications. The aim of the assessment method presented in this article is to use the basic essence of the categories in the ABC(D) model and to use our own very simple criteria. Our criteria are the result of many years of experience in the creation and management of the brownfield database. In 2017, the development potential of selected brownfields in the database of the Moravian-Silesian region (Czech Republic) was evaluated using our proposed procedure (three objective and one subjective criterion). In 2020, verification of the categories in regard to how correctly or incorrectly they were proposed was carried out. The results from this verification, including reasons for the accompanying inaccuracies, are a part of this article. We verified that the very simple evaluation procedure we proposed is functional and can be applied by database administrators continuously without the need to create complex datasets and statistical evaluations.

Keywords: brownfields; ABC(D) model; criteria; brownfield regeneration; postindustrial areas; evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/20/11206/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/20/11206/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:20:p:11206-:d:653716

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().