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Baker, F (2013) Housing and planning regulation – England and Ireland. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 5(02), 118-36.
Hearne, R (2013) Realising the “right to the city”: Developing a human rights based framework for regeneration of areas of urban disadvantage. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 5(02), 172-87.
Laitos, J G and Abel, T M (2013) Sites suitable for mixed use development in Britain and America. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 5(02), 137-55.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Brownfields; Greenfields; Greyfields; Land; Mixite; Redevelopment; Redfields; United Kingdom; United States of America
- ISBN/ISSN: 1756-1450
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLBE-08-2012-0012
- Abstract:
Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate the suitability and feasibility of the four most likely urban spaces for mixed use development – brownfields (contaminated lands); greenfields (open, undeveloped areas); greyfields (closed or dying shopping centers and empty parking lots); and redfields (underperforming, foreclosed commercial real estate). Design/methodology/approach – Literature about and studies of mixed use development projects in America and Britain were reviewed, and so too were specific examples of the four candidate urban spaces. The authors then analyzed which spaces succeeded as mixite and which failed. Findings – Brownfields are often not successfully transformed into usable mixite; nor are greenfields. The cost and regulatory complication of removing pollution from brownfields is too often prohibitive, and greenfields are too far away from urban core areas. By contrast, greyfields and redfields appear to be far more suitable spaces for mixed use development projects. Originality/value – Most government policies urging redevelopment projects in America and Great Britain prefer brownfields as the space deemed most suitable for mixite. Contrary to this view, it appears that unpolluted spaces, such as redfields and greyfields, that do not need extensive environmental remediation, are typically better candidates for mixite.
O'Mahony, L F (2013) The meaning of home: from theory to practice. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 5(02), 156-71.
Somerville, P (2013) Property and power in the English countryside: the case of housing. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 5(02), 100-17.