Exploring expert perception towards brownfield redevelopment benefits according to their typology

The collected data enabled us to conclude that even if the redevelopment of the different brownfield typologies have direct and indirect benefits at different dimensions, they are very diverse influencing society and citizens' life's quality on different ways. The performed analysis showed that according to experts' perspectives, while the transformation of derelict land is the brownfield typology which brings more benefits on the defined identified dimensions, with special impact on infrastructure, economy, community, ecology and health, the development of vacant land, though equally important, is the one that has less benefits to society, since its benefits are felt mainly on community and recreational dimensions. When analyzed independently, the obtained results might give designers, planners and decision makers valuable information on the benefits associated to each of the five brownfield typologies identified throughout this research, enabling them to better decide on which sites to developed first, considering not only the objectives behind the development, but also the different dimensions positively affected by the redevelopment.