Cleaning up and redeveloping environmentally contaminated real estate, also knows as 'brownfields, ' can be extremely lucrative. This book is a comprehensive guide to the issues surrounding brownfields initiatives. It examines success stories of state and federal brownfields programs; the legal implications of purchasing, improving, redeveloping, and revitalizing these sites; incentives available; and strategies for undertaking these projects. Special features include checklists, cost estimates for sample projects, and tables listing features of individual programs and lists of resources