Centuries of human activities, particularly housing and transportation practices from the late
19th century through the 1980's, dispersed hundreds of millions of tons of lead into our …

Urban planners increasingly perceive Brownfield redevelopment (BFR) as a strategic
priority. BFR not only allows suppressing some of the nuisances caused by derelict and …

The redevelopment of brownfields and the creation of green space in cities are two
initiatives that are gaining support in the US, for they are perceived to be important elements …

Idle rural residential land (IRRL) is an important manifestation of changes in the human-land
relationship during rural development. Studies on this topic form an important field in the …

Concerns over urban blight, environmental degradation, climate change, inner-city
unemployment, and a host of other socio-economic and environmental problems have …

Municipal brown field redevelopment efforts have tended to assume that the sites involved
were economically non-competitive. They have thus focused on public acquisition of …

Winner of the 2020 Robert E. Park Award for Best Book from the Community and Urban
Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association From a dive bar in New Orleans …

In this research, the authors identify and assess economic and environmental criteria useful
for analyzing local government brownfield programs. Based on their results, the authors …

This study employs interviews, document review, and a national survey of local government
officials to investigate the factors that influence the success of efforts to convert underutilized …

The redevelopment of brownfield sites has become a central focus of government efforts
aimed at developing and revitalizing urban areas in the US This article examines brownfield …