Opinion paper on green deal for the urban regeneration of industrial brownfield land in Europe

Economic, social and environmental sustainability are becoming more important in urban and territorial development policies in Europe and internationally. Recently, the United States and Europe have put forth the green deals proposing programmatic provisions for achieving territorial sustainability through the redevelopment of brownfield land into Sustainable Industrial Areas (SIAs). This opinion paper presents the benefits of the European Green Deal (EGD) policies as support for brownfield land redevelopment, SIA implementation and urban regeneration in light of the experiences of many countries in the European Union (EU). Moreover, this paper makes policy recommendations and discusses future research directions.

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Economic, social, and environmental sustainability are increasingly important in urban and territorial development policies. The green deals proposed by the United States and Europe offer programmatic provisions for achieving territorial sustainability through the redevelopment of brownfield land.