Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: “King Coal” and modern mining history -- Politics of coal -- The European energy system in an age of globalisation -- Between political continuity and new deal: The energy sector in France in the 1960s -- The French oil industry under the...

In the current research we aim to analyse the public redevelopment projects financed in Hungary from the Territorial and Settlement Development OP between 2014 and 2020, with special focus on cultural use. Brownfield redevelopment is a major topic in an urban development context from an urban...

Das HWWI hat im Auftrag des Projektentwicklers Peper & Söhne eine Studie zur möglichen Nutzung des ehemaligen Güterbahnhofsgeländes in Bremen erstellt. Dabei untersucht das HWWI neben dem wirtschaftlichen Umfeld auch, welche Chancen und Potenziale sich aus Megatrends wie der Digitalisierung,...

Das HWWI hat im Auftrag des Projektentwicklers Peper & Söhne eine Studie zur möglichen Nutzung des ehemaligen Güterbahnhofsgeländes in Bremen erstellt. Dabei untersucht das HWWI neben dem wirtschaftlichen Umfeld auch, welche Chancen und Potenziale sich aus Megatrends wie der Digitalisierung,...

Boom - Crisis - Heritage, these terms aptly outline the history of global coal mining after 1945. The essays collected in this volume explore this history with different emphases and questions. The range of topics also reflects this broad approach. The first section contains contributions on...

We discuss case studies of three South Island small towns: Ashburton, Timaru and Oamaru and their wider local authority jurisdictions, focusing on how local stake-holders are defining the issues facing these places and identifying, prioritising and investing in regeneration initiatives,...

This paper describes the evolution of land reclamation works in Romania, from the second half of the twentieth century and until today. Given that over two thirds of the farmland was affected by unfavorable phenomena, such as frequent drought, waterlogging and soil erosion, the totalitarian...

Market-based approaches to conservation -- How stream restoration was born, and what came of it -- How markets, and mitigation, came to be accepted forms of environmental regulation -- The actors in stream mitigation banking -- How mitigation banks work, and the biography of a bank -- The mangle...

Place-based policies target specific geographic areas for special treatment. They attempt to stimulate growth and development in lagging regions by (1) attracting firms, (2) attracting workers and human capital, and (3) improving local public goods. This report conducts a critical review of...

Mit einem Investitionsvolumen von mehr als 4,5 Mrd. € ist der Emscherumbau eines der größten Infrastrukturprojekte Europas. - Das Entwicklungskonzept "Masterplan Emscher-Zukunft" bildet die Leitlinie für den Emscherumbau und die damit zusammenhängende Revitalisierung der Region. Das RWI...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Program awards grants to redevelop contaminated lands known as brownfields. This paper estimates cleanup benefits by combining administrative records for a nationally representative sample of brownfields with high-resolution, high-frequency...

Place-based policies commonly target underperforming areas, such as deteriorating downtown business districts and disadvantaged regions. Principal examples include enterprise zones, European Union Structural Funds, and industrial cluster policies. Place-based policies are rationalized by various...

There are a number of research themes related to location of economic activities. Brownfield redevelopment or comparison of brownfields and greenfields belong to them. Note that the importance of these themes is given by their close relationship to sustainable development principles. Generally,...

Russia is a major player in the global wheat market, but extensive unused land resources and large yield gaps suggest that wheat production can be substantially increased. We combined time series of cultivated cropland, abandoned cropland and yield gap estimates to assess the potential...