Brownfields Redevelopment: Case Studies and Concepts in Community Revitalization

✍ Scribed by Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III (editor), Tad McGalliard (editor), Ignacio Dayrit (editor)

• Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 374
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. Introduction
1. City Governments and Brownfields Development
2. Overview of EPA’s Brownfields Program
3. Redeveloping Brownfields Good for Environment and Economy
4. Brownfields as a Mainstream Investment
5. Innovations in Environmental Remediation
6. How Donald Trump Became Counties’ Best Friend and Biggest Ally
Part II. Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities
7. Groundbreaking Environmentalism
8. Cleaning Up Toxic Sites Shouldn’t Clear Out the Neighbors
9. Don’t Give Up on Ambitious Green Architecture
10. Pittsburgh Steps Up
11. Toxic Lead Can Stay in the Body for Years After Exposure
12. What Lies Beneath
13. Lead Poisoning’s Lifelong Toll Includes Lowering Social Mobility
14. Financial and Nonfinancial Incentives
15. Societal Disruptions Are Opportunities for Economic Development
16. Suburb City Managers Are Our First Responders
17. Improving Water Quality Doesn’t Have to Wash Away Budgets
18. Fighting Neighborhood Displacement, One Sewer Plant at a Time
19. Setting the Stage for Leveraging Resources for Brownfields Revitalization
20. Key Steps in Successful Leveraging Strategies for Brownfields Projects
Part III. Practices and Innovations
21. Smart Growth
22. Brownfields Federal Programs and Cases
23. Brownfields Federal Tax Incentives and Credits
24. Leveraging
25. Leveraging
26. Leveraging
27. Florida Waste Cleanup Program
28. State of Ohio’s Brownfields Team
29. Brownfield Redevelopment Guide
30. Oregon Brownfields Initiative
31. Brownfields in Alaska
32. Brownfields
33. Louisiana Brownfields
34. Brownfields in Washington
35. North Dakota’s Brownfields Program
36. Tribal Brownfields and Response Programs
37. The Factories of the Past Are Turning into the Data Centers of the Future
38. Cleaning Up House
39. The Music City Miracle
40. ICMA and CCLR’s Case Experiences
41. The Reuse of U.S. Military Bases in the Philippines
42. Under the Hood
43. Brownfield Sites Are Opportunities in the Heart of Towns and Cities
44. France Has a Unique Approach to Regenerating Inner Cities
45. An Old German Steel Region Gets a Mindful Modern Makeover
46. Gasbrook Gasworks, Hamburg, Germany
Part IV. Private and Nonprofit Environmental Professionals
47. How Do Brownfields Companies Innovate?
48. What Developers Really Want
49. Retail Revolution and Retrofit
50. Brownfield Redevelopment and Environmental Insurance
51. Land Recycling, Brownfields and the Center for Creative Land Recycling
52. Municipal and Community Collaboration for Effective Brownfields Redevelopment
53. Working with the Private Sector to Redevelop Brownfields
54. Environmental Site Assessments
55. Remediation Planning, Reuse Planning and Site Design
56. Remediation Technologies and Remedies
Part V. The Future
57. The Importance of the Arts
58. How Civic Tech Can Address Urban Inequality
59. Are ­Car-Free Bridges the Future?
60. Reuses of Brownfields
61. Identifying Future Uses for Brownfields
62. As Cities Look at Options for Financing Infrastructure, They Keep an Eye Out for ­Low-Income Residents
Appendices
A. Glossary and Acronyms of Brownfields and Economic Development Practices
B. Brownfields Revitalization Act (2002)
C. Brownfields Utilization, Investment and Local Development (BUILD) Act (2018)
D. Model Brownfields Legislation for States
About the Contributors
Index