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Reclaiming brownfields : a comparative analysis of adaptive reuse of contaminated properties / edited by Richard C. Hula, Laura A. Reese, Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Global urban studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban renewal.
- Urban renewal--Case studies.
- Brownfields.
- Land use, Urban.
- Environmental policy.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., [2012]
- Summary:
- Politics, health, law, geography, and urban planning are among the perspectives provided on contaminated sites--brownfields--and public efforts to remediate them. Among the topics are US state-level brownfield remediation and redevelopment programs, redevelopment strategy of brownfield sites in the Czech Republic, whether the inertia of environmental regulatory enforcement in China is collusion or abuse of authority, tracking performance and measuring outcomes from blighted brownfields to health and sustainable communities, and two decades of success with Michigan brownfield redevelopment innovation. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Part I. Policy
- Introduction: Brownfield Redevelopment as Public Policy
- Incentives for Collaboration : State-level Brownfield Remediation and Redevelopment Programs / Elizabeth A. Lowham
- Changing Agendas in State Environmental Policy : Development Versus Cleanup in Brownfield Programs / Richard C. Hula
- Revitalizing Contaminated Land in Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States : A Comparative Perspective / Philip Catney, Tiziana Cianflone, and Kris Wernstedt
- Redevelopment Strategy of Brownfield Sites in the Czech Republic / Petra Rydvalova and Miroslav Zizka
- Part II. Implementation and Evaluation
- Introduction: Implementing Brownfield Policy
- Exploring the Potential for Integrating Community Benefits Agreements Into Brownfield Redevelopment Projects / Courtney E. Knapp and Justin B. Hollander
- The Quantitative and Qualitative Impacts of Brownfield Policies in England / Katie Williams
- New Urban Communities : Building for America's Next Generation / Mark L. Gillem and Jill A. Schreifer
- The Inertia of Environmental Regulatory Enforcement in China : Collusion or Abuse of Authority? / Han Hongyun and Zhao Liange
- Strategic Land Management in Germany : One Key for Brownfield Cleanup and Sustainable Development / Detlef Grimski, Fabian Dosch, and Herbert Klapperich
- Part III. Brownfield Case Studies
- Introduction: Exploring Program Outcomes
- Fostering Brownfields Development in the Rust Belt : A Comparison of State Approaches and Their Impacts in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh / Andrea E. Yang
- Institutional Network Management in Brownfield Cleanup and Redevelopment / Rob Alexander
- From Blighted Brownfields to Healthy And Sustainable Communities : Tracking Performance And Measuring Outcomes / Laurel Berman, Christopher A. De Sousa, Terri Linder, and David Misky
- Michigan Brownfield Redevelopment Innovation : Two Decades of Success / Robert A. Jones and William F. Welsh.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409449584
- 1409449580
- 9781409449591
- 1409449599
- OCLC:
- 778273177
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