DECISION MAKING AND BROWNFIELD MANAGEMENT

The existence of brownfields may become an undesirable commodity if it represents not only risks for health and the environment, but also becomes an eyesore, which may have a negative impact on the value of property in the vicinities of these abandoned facilities. This paper presents a recapitulation of studies concerning the applications of decisions and the stakeholder theory for the solution of environmental problems focusing mainly on brownfield issues. The decision making process for the management of contaminated land in the Czech Republic has been also analyzed. The laws and principles of making decisions have been analyzed from different perspectives and with the use of different methodologies by scientists from such branches as philosophy, law, economics, and sociology. One way to differentiate brownfields according to their risks can be based on the combination of two factors: their location and level of pollution.