The de-industrialization, re-suburbanization and health risks of brownfield land reuse: Case study of a toxic soil event in Changzhou, China

After over three decades of rapid urbanization and economic boom, China has inevitably entered a phase of economic restructuring of its cities. A process of land re-urbanization has also emerged in the process of inner city regeneration and the consequent reuse of industrialized land in suburb areas...

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Published inLand use policy Vol. 74; pp. 187 - 194
Main Authors Wu, Qiyan, Zhang, Xiaoling, Liu, Chunhui, Chen, Zhou
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2018
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Brownfield land
Brownfields
Case studies
Changzhou
China
cities
Counties
De-industrialization
Economic conditions
Economics
Environmental health risk
Environmental management
Environmental policy
Health care policy
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Housing developments
Industrialization
Inner city
Land use
Land use management
Manufacturing
Organic chemistry
Public health
Public lands
Redevelopment
Resource management
Reuse
risk
Soil investigations
Suburban areas
Suburbanization
Suburbs
Towns
toxicity
Urban regeneration
Urban renewal
Urbanization
China
De-industrialization
Changzhou
Environmental health risk
Brownfield land
China
Redevelopment
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Summary:After over three decades of rapid urbanization and economic boom, China has inevitably entered a phase of economic restructuring of its cities. A process of land re-urbanization has also emerged in the process of inner city regeneration and the consequent reuse of industrialized land in suburb areas. However, as chemical and heavy manufacturing have been the primary industries in most industrialized cities of China, the population has become increasingly subject to the threat of a toxic environment and health risks when suburbanization involves the creation of new residential zones or university towns in old industrial suburbs. In this paper, we investigate a toxic soil event in Changzhou, Jiangsu province and study the re-urbanization of manufacturing suburbs to reveal the extent of the environmental and health risks involved. From this, it is concluded that relevant land use policies, environmental management regulations and improved public health perceptions are needed for ensuring sustainable suburbanization in future in China and other similar newly industrialized counties.
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ISSN:0264-8377
1873-5754
DOI:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.07.039