Land recycling is the reuse of abandoned, vacant, or underused properties for redevelopment or repurposing.[1]
Land recycling aims to ensure the reuse of developed land as part of: new developments; cleaning up contaminated properties; reuse and/or making use of used land surrounded by development or nearby infrastructure. End-uses from land recycling may include: mixed-use, residential, commercial, or industrial developments; and/or public open space such as urban open space used by urban parks, community gardens; or larger open space reserves such as regional parks.[2]
Since many abandoned and underutilized properties lie within economically distressed and disadvantaged communities, land recycling often benefits and stimulates re-investment in historically under-served areas. However, due to the previous use of these sites, there can be many health hazards when dealing with the land, such as metals, plastics, asbestos, glass shards, gas generation, and radioactive substances.[3] Such environmentally distressed properties, with site clean-up and mitigation considerations, are commonly referred to as brownfields.[4]
- ^ "Land recycling and densification — European Environment Agency". www.eea.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ Anatomy of Brownfields Redevelopment (PDF). EPA. 2015. p. 1.
- ^ Recycling derelict land. George Fleming, Institution of Civil Engineers, Thomas Telford. London. 1991. p. 16. ISBN 0-7277-1318-3. OCLC 181922310.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ US EPA, OLEM (2014-01-08). "Overview of EPA's Brownfields Program". www.epa.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-22.