The Incremental Commitment Model (ICM) is a risk-driven process model generator for which common risk patterns generate common special-case system definition and development process models. The increasing importance of Brownfield (legacyconstrained) vs. Greenfield (unconstrained) application systems created a challenge of determining an ICM Brownfield risk pattern and an associated set of speci...

In order to enhance the ‘sustainability’ of brownfield urban regeneration it is increasingly argued that there needs to be a wholesale re-drawing of the boundaries of expertise. The original objectives of the sustainable development discourses included the idea that powers and responsibilities should be devolved away from professionals, bureaucrats, engineers, and scientists and given to empowe...

Urban development is often confronted with a lack of available space. Brownfield sites offer great potential for sustainable urban planning because their often-central location and the benefits associated redevelopment. Although interest in brownfield regeneration has led to lot research on this topic, there not yet comprehensive review research. In review, we analyze brownfields provide pictur...

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...