Principles of Brownfield Regeneration
Principles of Brownfield Regeneration

Author: Justin Hollander

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2010-09-02

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1597269905

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The US. EPA defines brownfields as "idle real property, the development or improvement of which is impaired by real or perceived contamination." The authors of Principles of Brownfield Regeneration argue that, compared to "greenfields"-farmland, forest, or pasturelands that have never been developed-brownfields offer a more sustainable land development choice. They believe that brownfields are central to a sustainable planning strategy of thwarting sprawl, preserving or regenerating open space, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and reinvesting in urbanized areas. This is the first book to provide an accessible introduction to the design, policy, and technical issues related to brownfield redevelopment. After defining brownfields and advocating for their redevelopment, the book describes the steps for cleaning up a site and creating viable land for development or open space. Land use and design considerations are addressed in a separate chapter and again in each of five case studies that make up the heart of the volume: The Steel Yard, Providence, RI; Assunpink Greenway, Trenton, NJ; June Key Community Center Demonstration Project, Portland, OR; Eastern Manufacturing Facility, Brewer, ME; and The Watershed at Hillsdale, Portland, OR. Throughout, the authors draw on interviews with people involved in brownfield projects as well as on their own considerable expertise.

Brownfields
Brownfields

Author: Todd S. Davis

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 1136

ISBN-13: 9781570739613

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Written for real estate lawyers, environmental lawyers, property owners, lenders, environmental consultants, environmental regulators, state or local government leaders and developers.

Brownfield Sites III
Brownfield Sites III

Author: C. A. Brebbia

Publisher: WIT Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1845640411

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This book focuses on the problems facing the public and private sectors and the engineering and scientific communities in terms of the decrease of available new land for development purposes. Given the economic and social benefits of brownfields redevelopment, there is a need for guidance on processes that ensure the acceptability and therefore viability of such redevelopment. The preparation of the guidance requires further research as well as the sharing of information, lessons and experience among experts in this field. Featuring papers from the Third International Conference on Prevention, Assessment, Rehabilitation and Development of Brownfield Sites, the text will be vital to practitioners and businessmen in industry and commerce as well as those in research organisations interested in the problems facing the prevention, assessment, rehabilitation and development of brownfields. The papers published in the book are grouped into the following sections: Development Issues; Environmental Assessment; Risk Assessment and Management; Cleanup Methodologies; Case Studies; Community and Public Involvement; Lessons from the Field; Modelling and Assessment; Monitoring of Contaminated Sites.

Brownfields Redevelopment and the Quest for Sustainability
Brownfields Redevelopment and the Quest for Sustainability

Author: Christopher de Sousa

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2008-03-03

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0080453589

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Examines the role that brownfields redevelopment is playing and can play in our quest for sustainability, focusing on efforts in the US and Canada. This book looks at how brownfields are used as spaces for developing an array of residential, recreational, and employment-oriented projects that have breathed new life into the urban environment.

Brownfields Redevelopment
Brownfields Redevelopment

Author: Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2021-08-26

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1476683603

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In urban planning, a brownfield is a former industrial or commercial site where environmental contamination hinders development. They exist in almost every community--there is probably one in your neighborhood--and state or federal resources can be used to facilitate assessment, cleanup and reuse. Drawing on a range of local and international experiences, this collection of essays focuses on cases where citizens, nonprofits, developers, cities, and state and federal agencies overcame challenges and mitigated risks to redevelop brownfields using leading-edge practices and simple innovations. The Covid-19 pandemic and mass civil unrest of 2020 underscores the importance of health and social justice considerations in future development initiatives.

Previously Developed Land
Previously Developed Land

Author: Paul Syms

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-15

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1405173157

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The redevelopment of former industrial sites, so-called'brownfield' sites, is becoming increasingly important as space isrequired for inner city commercial developments and ashousebuilders are forced by government policy to recycle landrather than using 'greenfield' sites. This guide, originally issuedin 1999 by the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneersunder the title reference Desk Reference Guide to PotentiallyContaminative Land Uses identifies those industrial land usesmost likely to be encountered by valuers and developers, givesguidance on the type of contamination likely to be present andgives general advice on what actions need to be taken. It is aimed at non-specialist professionals advising landownerson the possible sale of their land and buildings, their potentialredevelopment or possible environmental liabilities, and coverssome 40 types of industrial land likely to lead tocontamination.