UK Government policy currently places a strong emphasis on the reuse of brownfield land as part of its sustainable development and regeneration agendas, including the Sustainable Communities Plan. The Barker Review has also been important in the continuing debate for highlighting not only the...

In recent years there has been increased speculation amongst the UK surveying profession regarding the link that exists between market value and environmental performance. Practitioners and academics alike have discussed a positive relationship between value and energy efficiency, alongside...

This paper presents the main arguments and some first preliminary results of a PhD thesis examining the process of urban brownfield land re-use in London. It summarises some basic housebuilding trends and tries to place them within the wider context of housing provision in the UK with the help...

This paper will present a conceptual framework for the examination of land redevelopment based on a complex systems/networks approach. As Alvin Toffler insightfully noted, modern scientific enquiry has become exceptionally good at splitting problems into pieces but has forgotten how to put the...

This paper argues that the current UK policy fixation on ëbrownfield redevelopment' is built on a particular conceptualisation of the land redevelopment process, which is based on a set of discourses to justify its existence and legitimacy. These discourses intertwine the economic logic of...

Purpose – This study aims to provide a review of brownfield policy and the emerging sustainable development agenda in the UK, and to examine the development industry's (both commercial and residential) role and attitudes towards brownfield regeneration and contaminated land....

This paper presents a conceptual framework for the examination of land redevelopment based on a complex systems/networks approach. The agents and networks involved in property development can be seen as constituents of structures that perform complex processes. These structures interact, forming...

This paper will present a conceptual framework for the examination of land redevelopment based on a complex systems/networks approach. As Alvin Toffler insightfully noted, modern scientific enquiry has become exceptionally good at splitting problems into pieces but has forgotten how to put the...