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In this paper the author answers the question about competitiveness of post-industrial areas against undeveloped land. The analysis concerns potential consequences related to the investment on former industrial areas and undeveloped areas usually located in suburbs or in city?s outskirts. In the research potential different costs were examined: social, economic, environmental and spatial costs of the investment of the two mentioned types of sites. The results shows that there is a number of negative phenomena in p...

Problems occurring in post-industrial areas constitute large issue in social, economic, spatial as well as ecological point of view. According to research of National Institute for Spatial Policy and Housing post-industrial areas occupy 4% of urbanized areas is Polish cities. Poland among European countries is one with the biggest percentage of post-industrial areas in cities. In the context of large scale of degradation of cities re-use of former industrial areas ? brownfields - is one of the challenges of ration...