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This document discusses land recycling as an important sustainable practice. Land recycling involves reusing abandoned, vacant, or underused properties for redevelopment or repurposing. It aims to reuse developed land as part of new developments, clean up contaminated properties, and reuse land surrounded by existing infrastructure. End uses from land recycling can include mixed-use, residential, commercial, or industrial developments as well as public open spaces. Since many unused properties are in disadvantaged communities, land recycling can stimulate investment in underserved areas, though contaminated sites may require cleanup.

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Land Recycling

This document discusses land recycling as an important sustainable practice. Land recycling involves reusing abandoned, vacant, or underused properties for redevelopment or repurposing. It aims to reuse developed land as part of new developments, clean up contaminated properties, and reuse land surrounded by existing infrastructure. End uses from land recycling can include mixed-use, residential, commercial, or industrial developments as well as public open spaces. Since many unused properties are in disadvantaged communities, land recycling can stimulate investment in underserved areas, though contaminated sites may require cleanup.

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12/6/22, 2:54 PM Land Recycling - 22F --Sustainable Practices (SEC.

401)

22F --Sustainable Practices (SEC. 401) Vraj Doshi

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Table of Contents Unit 06: Land Recycling Land Recycling

Land Recycling    

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Land Recycling

  Overview
In principal of sustainability and sustainable practice, like recycling in general, recycling of land is an important objective in creating high-
performance green buildings. Land recycling is the reuse of abandoned, vacant, or underused properties for redevelopment  or repurposing.

Land recycling aims to ensure the reuse of developed land  as part of: new developments; cleaning up  contaminated properties; reuse
and/or making use of used land surrounded by development or nearby infrastructure. End-uses from land recycling may include: mixed-use,
residential, commercial, or industrial developments; and/or public open space  such as urban open space  use by urban parks  , community
gardens  ; or larger open space reserves  such as regional parks  .

Since many abandoned and underutilized properties lie within economically distressed and disadvantaged communities, land recycling often
benefits and stimulates re-investment in historically under-served areas. The real or perceived presence of xenobiotic  hazardous substances
 from historical previous uses or in situ land pollution  , causing soil contamination  and groundwater pollution  , may complicate the
redevelopment of such properties. Such environmentally distressed properties, with site cleanup and mitigation considerations, are commonly
referred to as brownfields  .

For more information on the above you can consult the following entry on land recycling  .

  Outcomes
By the end of this unit you will be able to:

Understand definition and principals of “Land Recycling”


Recognize the process of “Land Recycling”
Distinguish the Impact of Land Recycling on Official Plan
Understand the Principals of Sustainable Land-Use Approach

  Guiding Questions
How important is “land recycling” and how could it affect a Project?
What are the important factors that should be considered in “land recycling”?

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