Derelict industrial wastelands
- Unallocated industrial land
- Unfinished industrial site
- Degraded industrial land
- Abandoned industrial sites
- Brownfields
Incidence
Large cities have the legacy of vast areas of prime urban land occupied by abandoned industrial buildings built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The intense debate over restoration or demolition often disables action. Social historians and certain architects want to preserve these sites as industrial heritage; for others the crumbling or rusting factories are worthless.
Claim
To raze the factories of our past is like clearing a cemetery or church for its land value. These are temples of labour, site of poetic urban value.
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Aggravated by
Strategy
Value
Reference
SDG
Metadata
Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Subject
- Geography » Land type/use
- Industry » Industrial plant » Industrial plant
- Industry » Industry
- Societal problems » Maltreatment
- Societal problems » Vulnerability
- Societal problems » Wreckage
Content quality
Presentable
Language
English
Last update
Oct 4, 2020