A model is created for assessing the redevelopment potential of brownfields. The model is derived from a space and time conceptual framework that identifies and measures the surface and subsurface risk factors present at brownfield sites. The model then combines these factors with a contamination extent multiplier at each site to create an index of redevelopment potential. Results from the appl...

Like blighted urban areas, indigenous nations in the U.S. often have abandoned underutilized commercial or industrial properties with potential environmental contamination within the confines of their reservations. Like urban brownfields, often contamination problems are discovered long after the responsible parties have disappeared. Financial incentives, tools, and risk-management techniques h...

Abstract Urban Regeneration (UR) is an approach to urban development contrasting soil consumption by catalyzing social energies reuse existing heritage (brownfields and dismissed buildings). The authors of this chapter are professionals within KCity Ltd., a bespoke consultancy specialized in UR design strategies adopting interdisciplinary approach, derived particular from policy analysis planni...