A Sustainable Approach For Industrial Area Redevelopment In The Netherlands

According to the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, creating space for industrial areas is necessary to realize a sustainable economic growth. Currently, the average time needed to redevelop an industrial area in the Netherlands is 10 years. Furthermore, almost 30% of the Dutch stock of industrial...

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Published inWIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Vol. 102
Main Authors Blokhuis, E G J, Schaefer, W F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Southampton W I T Press 01.01.2007
Subjects
Aging
Economic development
Economic growth
Industrial areas
Redevelopment
Sustainability
Urban development
Netherlands
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Summary:According to the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, creating space for industrial areas is necessary to realize a sustainable economic growth. Currently, the average time needed to redevelop an industrial area in the Netherlands is 10 years. Furthermore, almost 30% of the Dutch stock of industrial areas is obsolete. In contrast to this is the redevelopment of the industrial area ‘Parque das Nações’. This urban development project, accommodating the Lisbon 1998 world exhibition, was completed within a very short period and shows almost no signs of ageing. This was achieved through the establishment of an independent business structure. This paper discusses the nature of the organizational problems of industrial area redevelopment in the Netherlands and introduces a possible new approach, derived from the Lisbon-experience.
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ISSN:1746-448X
1743-3541
DOI:10.2495/SDP070081