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Sustainability 2012, 4, 840-862; doi:10.3390/su4050840
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Article
Sticks and Stones: The Impact of the Definitions of Brownfield
in Policies on Socio-Economic Sustainability
Yu-Ting Tang * and C. Paul Nathanail
School of Geography, Sir Clive Granger Building, University of Nottingham, University Park,
NG7 2RD, UK; E-Mail: paul .nathanail@nottingham.ac.uk
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: tangyuting@;
Tel.: +44-7-942-757-431; Fax: +44-1-159-515-249.
Received: 15 February 2012; in revised form: 19 April 2012 / Accepted: 24 April 2012 /
Published: 3 May 2012
Abstract: Many countries encourage brownfield regeneration as a means of sustainable
development but define “brownfield” differently. Specifically, the definitions of brownfield
in the regeneration policies of countries with higher population densities usually promote
recycling land that is previously developed, whether or not there is chemical
contamination. Further, the de facto definition of brownfield used by the UK government
focuses on previously developed land that is unused or underused. The ANOVA in this
study revealed that local authorities in England (n = 296) with higher percentages of
derelict and vacant land tended to be more deprived based on the English Indices of
Multiple Deprivation, which evaluate deprivation from
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