Urbanisation continuously imposes pressure on coastal brownfield sites. At the same time, climate change and associated consequences on coastal environments make these sites less secure for human habitation. Converging stresses make the renewal process of these sites challenging, to the extent that they are often perceived as wicked problems. Several scholars suggest that temporary best solutions are identifiable to address wicked problems via an Adaptive, Participatory and Transdisciplinary (APT) approach. This paper operationalises the APT framework by evaluating the development of a strategic land-use framework for the transformation of a coastal brownfield site in southern Victoria, Australia. Policy and planning documents and in-depth interviews conducted with key stakeholders were analysed. Results show that the process incorporated elements of the APT approach by engaging with diverse stakeholder views during consultation and included community appraisal of alternative scenarios. However, the process fell short of being truly transdisciplinary or collaborative as it separated disciplinary inputs in decision-making. As a result, it did not appear to influence the final plan to achieve adaptive and responsive outcomes. We conclude that a uniquely placed-based and adaptive response can be created when all stakeholders deeply and effectively collaborate to develop shared understandings of the problem and co-create shared responses. We demonstrate that an integrated APT framework, one that focuses on synergies between A, P and T, can provide a useful tool for assessing the decision-making process of complex projects. Furthermore, our recommendations to advance APT can help directing future decision-making processes in similar projects with wicked problems.

城市化不断给沿海棕地带来压力。同时，气候变化以及对沿海环境的相关影响使这些场所对人类居住的安全性降低。压力的不断集中使得这些站点的更新过程具有挑战性，以至于它们通常被视为邪恶的问题。一些学者建议，通过适应性，参与性和跨学科的解决方案，可以找到暂时的最佳解决方案来解决邪恶的问题。（APT）方法。本文通过评估战略性土地利用框架的发展来实施APT框架，以用于澳大利亚维多利亚州南部沿海褐地的改造。分析了政策和计划文件以及与主要利益相关者进行的深入访谈。结果表明，该过程通过在咨询过程中与利益相关者的不同意见相结合，并纳入了APT方法的要素，并包括对替代方案的社区评估。但是，该过程没有真正跨学科的或协作的，因为它将决策中的学科投入分开。结果，它似乎没有影响最终计划以实现适应性和响应性结果。协作以发展对问题的共同理解并共同创建共同的对策。我们证明，集中于A，P和T协同作用的APT集成框架可以为评估复杂项目的决策过程提供有用的工具。此外，我们对推进APT的建议可以帮助指导有严重问题的类似项目的未来决策过程。