Brownfields, Lessons from the Field

Brownfields, Lessons from the Field
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781983639975

Brownfields, lessons from the field : hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, March 15, 2001.

Brownfields, Lessons from the Field

Brownfields, Lessons from the Field
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Brownfields, Lessons from the Field

Brownfields, Lessons from the Field
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Sustainable Brownfield Development

Sustainable Brownfield Development
Author: Christopher De Sousa
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2021-07-15
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1000401472

While industrial and chemical innovations have contributed extensively to human advancement, the darker part of their legacy has been the hundreds of thousands of polluted sites left behind. Governments at all levels have rallied to support the remediation and reuse of these land resources and put many of the nation’s brownfields back into productive use. This book presents two dozen brownfield projects in the United States that have incorporated sustainability, highlighting project features, best management practices, and lessons from the field regarding the underlying policies and practices that enabled these projects to be completed or, in some cases, stalled, altered or abandoned. The case studies represent an array of brownfield projects that aimed to go beyond conventional practice and include a range and variety of end uses (e.g., corner gas stations, industrial, office, residential, brightfields, green space, mixed-use, and transit-oriented developments). The cases investigate site histories, planning and development and examine sustainability characteristics to understand how projects overcame the barriers to brownfield reuse and the implementation of sustainability features and derive a series of lessons learned, including innovative policies, programs, and/or funding mechanisms that helped make these projects work. Sustainable Brownfield Development will be of interest to developers, planners, consultants and community representatives interested in environmental policy, urban planning, community development, ecological restoration, economic development, and parks planning by providing direction and inspiration for those eager to erase the blight of the past and build a more sustainable future.

Brownfields, Lessons from the Field

Brownfields, Lessons from the Field
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2001
Genre: Brownfields
ISBN:

Brownfields

Brownfields
Author: Gary L. Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9780756726805

Testimony from rep's. of communities who are doing the real work of putting abandoned property, known as brownfields, back into productive use. If contamination is found in a brownfield site, the cleanup process may be very expensive & time-consuming. These risks can be reduced by: conducting site assessments, providing liability protections, & cleanup assistance. Witnesses: William Abolt, Comm of Environ., Chicago, IL; Jack Brown, Environ. Health Dir., Wichita-Sedgwick (KS) County Dept. of Community Health; Thomas Hoover, City Mgr., Worcester, MA; Patrick McCrory, Mayor, Charlotte, NC; Christopher Pawenski, Coord., County of Erie, N.Y.; & James Williams, Brownfields Manager, Air Pollution Control Bureau, Chattanooga, TN.

Principles of Brownfield Regeneration

Principles of Brownfield Regeneration
Author: Justin Hollander
Publisher: Island Press
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2010-09-02
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1597269905

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.