ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book reflects the very different agents who achieved successful regeneration. Portsmouth is a city on the south coast of England. Once the most strongly defended town in England after Berwick-upon-Tweed, Portsmouth has several encircling forts and dockyard buildings that are 'at risk', according to historic England. The United States can afford to leave a huge proportion of former sites fallow, while European countries, short of land, have a commitment to varying degrees to remediate their brownfields and reuse them. A critical factor to regeneration is the effect of contrasting systems for disposal of government-owned land. The United States can afford to leave a huge proportion of former sites fallow, while European countries, short of land, have a commitment to varying degrees to remediate their brownfields and reuse them. Uniquely, the United States has a national lobby, the association of defense communities (ADC), which exchanges experience and joins in national debate.
