Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool to support effective brownfield regeneration.
In the last decade, the regeneration of derelict or underused sites, fully or partly located in urban areas (or so called "brownfields"), has become more common, since free developable land (or so called "greenfields") has more and more become a scare and, hence, more expensive resource, especially in densely populated areas. Although the regeneration of brownfield sites can offer development potentials, the complexity of these sites requires considerable efforts to successfully complete their revitalization projects and the proper selection of promising sites is a pre-requisite to efficiently allocate the limited financial resources. The identification and analysis of success factors for brownfield sites regeneration can support investors and decision makers in selecting those sites which are the most advantageous for successful regeneration. The objective of this paper is to present the Timbre Brownfield Prioritization Tool (TBPT), developed as a web-based solution to assist stakeholders responsible for wider territories or clusters of brownfield sites (portfolios) to identify which brownfield sites should be preferably considered for redevelopment or further investigation. The prioritization approach is based on a set of success factors properly identified through a systematic stakeholder engagement procedure. Within the TBPT these success factors are integrated by means of a Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methodology, which includes stakeholders' requalification objectives and perspectives related to the brownfield regeneration process and takes into account the three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and environmental dimensions). The tool has been applied to the South Moravia case study (Czech Republic), considering two different requalification objectives identified by local stakeholders, namely the selection of suitable locations for the development of a shopping centre and a solar power plant, respectively. The application of the TBPT to the case study showed that it is flexible and easy to adapt to different local contexts, allowing the assessors to introduce locally relevant parameters identified according to their expertise and considering the availability of local data.
University Ca' Foscari Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Venice, Italy.
Lisa
L
Pizzol
University Ca' Foscari Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Venice, Italy.
Alex
A
Zabeo
Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic.
Petr
P
Klusáček
University Ca' Foscari Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Venice, Italy.
Elisa
E
Giubilato
University Ca' Foscari Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Venice, Italy. Electronic address: critto@unive.it.
Andrea
A
Critto
Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic.
Bohumil
B
Frantál
Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic.
Standa
S
Martinát
Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic.
Josef
J
Kunc
Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic.
Robert
R
Osman
UFZ - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Economics, Leipzig, Germany.
Stephan
S
Bartke
D018153:Czech Republic; D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D011050:Policy Making
MCDA; Prioritization; Regeneration of brownfields; Web-based tool