Industrial Brownfield Sites in the Alps. A first Quantitative Overview and Potential Implications for Regional Development

Since a few decades the Alpine region is undergoing a process of economic restructuring which involves the decline of traditional heavy and manufacturing industry. This process is occurring however with less evidence and most of all with considerable delay in comparison to the surrounding lowlands....

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Main Author: Marcello Modica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut de Géographie Alpine 2019-04-01
Series:Revue de Géographie Alpine
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rga/5274
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description Since a few decades the Alpine region is undergoing a process of economic restructuring which involves the decline of traditional heavy and manufacturing industry. This process is occurring however with less evidence and most of all with considerable delay in comparison to the surrounding lowlands. Accordingly, the management of industrial brownfield sites is expected to become increasingly relevant in the future development of the Alpine region, especially in connection to land use optimization and socio-economic well-being. This contribution intends to raise the attention on the issue of industrial fallow land in mountain areas by presenting and discussing the first results of a macro-regional quantitative survey of industrial brownfields in the Alps.
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spelling doaj-art-ccae7893fa4f4fe6bdafd426b77f37de2025-01-10T15:54:08ZengInstitut de Géographie AlpineRevue de Géographie Alpine0035-11211760-74262019-04-01107110.4000/rga.5274Industrial Brownfield Sites in the Alps. A first Quantitative Overview and Potential Implications for Regional DevelopmentMarcello ModicaSince a few decades the Alpine region is undergoing a process of economic restructuring which involves the decline of traditional heavy and manufacturing industry. This process is occurring however with less evidence and most of all with considerable delay in comparison to the surrounding lowlands. Accordingly, the management of industrial brownfield sites is expected to become increasingly relevant in the future development of the Alpine region, especially in connection to land use optimization and socio-economic well-being. This contribution intends to raise the attention on the issue of industrial fallow land in mountain areas by presenting and discussing the first results of a macro-regional quantitative survey of industrial brownfields in the Alps.https://journals.openedition.org/rga/5274Alpine industryindustrial brownfield sitesmountain regional development
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Industrial Brownfield Sites in the Alps. A first Quantitative Overview and Potential Implications for Regional Development
Revue de Géographie Alpine
Alpine industry
industrial brownfield sites
mountain regional development
title Industrial Brownfield Sites in the Alps. A first Quantitative Overview and Potential Implications for Regional Development
title_full Industrial Brownfield Sites in the Alps. A first Quantitative Overview and Potential Implications for Regional Development
title_fullStr Industrial Brownfield Sites in the Alps. A first Quantitative Overview and Potential Implications for Regional Development
title_full_unstemmed Industrial Brownfield Sites in the Alps. A first Quantitative Overview and Potential Implications for Regional Development
title_short Industrial Brownfield Sites in the Alps. A first Quantitative Overview and Potential Implications for Regional Development
title_sort industrial brownfield sites in the alps a first quantitative overview and potential implications for regional development
topic Alpine industry
industrial brownfield sites
mountain regional development
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