<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Industrial Revolution had a negative impact on both the city and the environment. By the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, the urban erosion of industrial cities cried for direct intervention and curing. The methods developed either along an urban or an anti-urban philosophy: they resulted in the new models of green belt systems aimed at solving all the main urban problems with restructuring the urban fabric, controlling the urban spread into the rural landscape, the lack of green areas and open spaces for recreation and social life, and the lack of green spaces for ventilation. Nowadays, the major cities and capitals around the globe are competing for titles such as healthier, more liveable or even greener city. Given the unfortunate attributes of the urban structure in the historical cities, the development of new transportation sites or green areas is an extremely difficult issue. On the other hand, in the big cities, the brownfield sites are considered as reserve areas for sustainable urban development. Reusing the brownfields and rust areas is already a land saving urban development approach and in case of a complex and ecological urban rehabilitation it can underlie the development of an efficient urban green system and green network.</p></abstract>

The Industrial Revolution had a negative impact on both the city and the environment. By the second half of the 19th century, the urban erosion of industrial cities cried for direct intervention and curing. The methods developed either along an urban or an anti-urban philosophy: they resulted in the new models of green belt systems aimed at solving all the main urban problems with restructuring the urban fabric, controlling the urban spread into the rural landscape, the lack of green areas and open spaces for recreation and social life, and the lack of green spaces for ventilation. Nowadays, the major cities and capitals around the globe are competing for titles such as healthier, more liveable or even greener city. Given the unfortunate attributes of the urban structure in the historical cities, the development of new transportation sites or green areas is an extremely difficult issue. On the other hand, in the big cities, the brownfield sites are considered as reserve areas for sustainable urban development. Reusing the brownfields and rust areas is already a land saving urban development approach and in case of a complex and ecological urban rehabilitation it can underlie the development of an efficient urban green system and green network.

Improving the urban green system and green network through the rehabilitation of railway rust areas

Department for Garden and Open Space Design, Corvinus University of Budapest, Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Budapest–1118, Villányi St. 35–43

Department for Garden and Open Space Design, Corvinus University of Budapest, Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Budapest-1118, Villányi St. 35-43

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Agriculture and Environment

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The Industrial Revolution had a negative impact on both the city and the environment. By the second half of the 19th century, the urban erosion of industrial...

Improving the urban green system and green network through the rehabilitation of railway rust areas

Published Online: Nov 20, 2014

Page range: 69 - 88

Received: Aug 27, 2014

Accepted: Sep 20, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausae-2014-0015

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