Governance and redevelopment of the brownfield in EU and US cities

The rapid urbanization results in the increasing of the land demand for developing,while some factories begin to move out from the central districts in developed cities and leave large old industrial areas: brown field.Brown field redevelopment can meet the land demand of urban transformation and improve the cityscape.However,a series of comprehensive controls must be conducted before the brown field redevelopment.As the key participants,the government,developers and NPOs(Non-profit organizations) play the important and different roles,which contribute to the different institution arrangement in the brown field redevelopment.From the participant perspective,this essay compares the different roles of the redevelopment actors in European and American cities.And then it attempts to argue some implication and suggestions for China.